Online Desk :
The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 431 million as Omicron infections keep rising across the globe.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 431,186,116 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,927,226 Friday morning.
The US has recorded 78,796,234 cases so far and 944,756 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 42,893,585 on Thursday, as 12,406 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry’s data.
Besides, 304 deaths due to the pandemic since Wednesday morning took the total death toll to 513,258.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 28,580,995 cases as of Thursday, while its Covid death toll rose to 647,486.
