Online Desk :
The overall number of global Covid cases is gradually approaching 617 million.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 616,892,725 while the death toll reached 6,530,128 on Sunday morning.
The US has recorded 97,495,561cases so far and 1,078,656 people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around the world.
India’s daily COVID-19 caseload Saturday decreased to 5,747, officials said.
According to federal health ministry data released on Saturday morning, 5,747 new cases of COVID-19 were reported during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,528,524 in the country.
The country also logged 29 related deaths during the past 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll to 528,302 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.
The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global outbreak.
At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world has never been in a better position to stop COVID-19.
In its weekly report on the pandemic, the UN health agency said deaths fell by 22% in the past week, at just over 11,000 reported worldwide. There were 3.1 million new cases, a drop of 28%, continuing a weeks-long decline in the disease in every part of the world.
