Online Desk :
The overall number of Covid cases has surpassed 397 million, with the Omicron variant’s rapid spread across the globe.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 397,053,590 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,749,136 Tuesday morning.
The US has recorded 76,848,718 cases so far and 905,521 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
Russia is reporting a record daily count of new coronavirus infections, a tenfold spike from a month ago as the highly contagious Omicron variant spreads through the country, reports AP.
Russia has confirmed another highest daily of 180,071 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 12,982,023, the official monitoring and response centre said on Monday.
The nationwide death toll increased by 661 to 3,360 while the number of recoveries increased from 10,390,732 to 10,624,954
India has registered 83,876 new cases in the past 24 hours, with the tally reaching 42,334,521, as per the health ministry’s data released Monday.
The ministry also reported 897 deaths since Sunday morning, bringing the total fatalities to 504,078.
Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since last January, registered 63,324 Covid infections and 420 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing its nationwide count to 26,605,137 and 632,720 respectively, the National Council of Health Secretaries said Saturday.
