Online Desk :
The overall number of Covid cases has surpassed 517 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 517,069,385 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,250,536 on Sunday morning.
The US has recorded 81,858,744 cases so far and 997,503 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 43,115,573 on Sunday, with 20,635 new cases registered in 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.
Besides, as many as 40 deaths were reported across the country due to the pandemic since Saturday morning taking the total death toll to 524,064.
