Online Desk :
The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 504 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 504,079,223 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,196,927 Sunday morning.
The US has recorded 80,625,120 cases so far and 988,609 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 43,041,995 43,039,972 on Sunday, as 2023 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.
Besides, as many as 38 deaths due to the pandemic since Saturday morning took the total death toll to 521,781 521,743.