Online Desk :
The overall number of Covid cases is now approaching 544 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 543,682,020 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,339,468 on Saturday morning.
The US has recorded 87,968,819 cases so far and 1,038,265 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
India continues to witness a sharp rise in the number of new COVID-19 cases per day as more than 12,000 new cases were recorded for the second consecutive day on Friday.
According to official data released by the federal health ministry, as many as 12,847 new COVID-19 cases were registered across the country over the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 43,270,577.
A day ago, 12,213 new cases were registered.
The daily positivity rate is 2.47 percent, while the weekly positivity rate is 2.41 percent, revealed the federal health ministry.
Besides, 14 people died due to the pandemic across the country since Thursday morning, taking the total death toll to 524,817.
