Online Desk:
The overall number of global Covid cases is approaching 241 million even with mass inoculations underway in several countries.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 240, 378,292 while the death toll from the virus reached 4,894,371 on Sunday morning.
The US has recorded 44,916,322 cases to date and more than 724,153 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 21,638,726 cases as of Saturday, while its Covid death toll has risen to 603,152.
India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,053,573 on Saturday, as 15,981 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry’s latest data.
Besides, 166 deaths due to the pandemic were recorded since Friday morning, taking the total death toll to 451,980.
