Online Desk :
The overall number of Covid cases is now approaching 542 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 542, 503, 603 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,336,592 on Thursday morning.
The US has recorded 87,759,180 cases so far and 1,037,664 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,245,517 on Wednesday, as 8,822 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.
Besides, 15 deaths from the pandemic registered across the country since Tuesday morning took the total death toll to 524,792.
