Online Desk :
The overall number of Covid cases has surpassed 554 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 554,031,239and the death toll from the virus reached 6,360,788 Sunday morning.
The US has recorded 89,522,328 cases so far and 1,043,308 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
The UK has recorded 22,741,065 cases so far and 180,417 people have died from the virus in the country, it said.
With 16,103 new cases during the past 24 hours, India recorded 43,502,429 covid cases, data released by the country’s federal health ministry showed on Sunday.
Besides, 29 deaths due to Covid since Saturday morning took the total death toll to 525168.
