Online Desk :
The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 552 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 552,586,175 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,357,864 on Friday morning.
The US has recorded 89,360,080 cases so far and 1,042,678 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
India reported 19,118 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, taking the total tally to 43,471,282, as per data released by the federal health ministry on Thursday.
Besides, 39 deaths due to the pandemic since Tuesday morning took the total death toll to 525,116.
