Online Desk :
The overall number of Covid cases is approaching 601 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 600,901,669 and the death toll reached 6,471,931 on Monday morning.
The US has recorded 95,345,858 cases so far and 1,065,569 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
India’s daily COVID-19 caseload Sunday slipped to 11,539, taking the total tally to 44,339,429 in the country, according to federal health ministry data.
The cases reported on Sunday mark a decrease in comparison to the daily caseload of Saturday 13,272.
The country also logged 43 related deaths during the past 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll to 527,332 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.
In terms of the World Health Organization (WHO) regional offices, Europe and the Americas have so far reported more than 209 million and 151 million confirmed cases, as well as 1,964,786 and 2,711,779 deaths, respectively, reports Xinhua.
The two regions combined account for over 72 percent of the world’s total in confirmed cases and over 75 percent of deaths.
