Online Desk :
The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 496 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 496,005,686 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,170,129 Friday morning.
The US has recorded 80,289,237 cases so far and 984, 571 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 43,032,752 on Thursday, as 794 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, according to the federal health ministry’s data.
Besides, 117 fatalities were recorded since Wednesday morning, taking the Covid death toll in the country to 521,604.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 30,094,388 infections as of Thursday, while its Covid death toll rose to 661,035.
