Online Desk:
The overall number of global Covid cases has now surged past 233 million, even with mass inoculations underway in several countries.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 233,225,368 while the death tally from the virus reached 4,773,701 on Thursday morning.
The US has recorded 43,351,460 cases to date and more than 695,092 people have died so far from the virus in the country, as per the university data.
Brazil, which has been experiencing new wave of cases since January, registered 21,399,546 cases as of Wednesday. Brazil’s Covid-19 death toll has risen to 596,122.
Besides, India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 33,716,451 on Wednesday, as 18,870 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry’s data.
Besides, as many as 378 deaths due to the pandemic since Tuesday morning took the total death toll to 447,751.
