Online Desk :
The overall number of Covid cases has surpassed 387 million as Omicron infections keep rising across the globe.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 387,549,471 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,710,191 Friday morning.
The US has recorded 75,954,167 cases so far and 896,496 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
Russia has confirmed 155,768 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the highest daily increase to date, taking the nationwide tally to 12,284,564, the official monitoring and response centre said on Thursday.
The nationwide death toll increased by 667 to 333,357, while the number of recoveries increased by 10,337,008 to 10,390,732
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 41,950,501 Thursday, as 147,183 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry’s latest data showed.
Besides, 1,100 deaths from the pandemic since Wednesday morning took the total death toll to 500,087.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since last January, registered 26,099,735 cases as of Tuesday, while its Covid death toll rose to 630,001.
