Online Desk:
The overall number of global Covid cases is fast approaching 237 million even with mass inoculations underway in several countries.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 236, 476,427 while the death tally from the virus reached 4,827,642 on Thursday morning.
The US has recorded 44,058,671 cases to date and more than 707,775 people have died so far from the virus in the country, as per the university data.
Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January, registered 21,516,967 cases as of Wednesday. Brazil’s Covid-19 death toll has risen to 599,359.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 33,871,881 on Wednesday, as 18,833 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, according to the federal health ministry’s latest data.
Besides, 278 fresh deaths since Tuesday have pushed up the death toll to 449,538. A total of 151 deaths were reported from the southern state of Kerala, the most affected state in India.
