Online Desk:
The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 469 million as the pandemic enters into its third year.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 469,565,560 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,074,234 Saturday morning.
The US has recorded 79,728,165 cases so far and 971,182 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 43,007,841 till Sunday as 3,836 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry’s latest data.
Besides, 229 deaths due to the pandemic since Saturday morning took the total death toll to 516,510.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 29,624,435 cases as of Saturday, while its Covid death toll rose to 657,389.
