Online Desk:
The global Covid-19 caseload has surpassed 221 million as the vaccination rollout has failed to keep pace.
According to US-based Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 221,051,151 and the death toll to 4,574,419 on Tuesday morning.
So far, 5,489,941,974 vaccine doses have been administered across the globe.
India administered more Covid-19 vaccine doses in August than all the G7 nations combined, the government said on Monday, reports NDTV. The total Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country so far has crossed 68.46 crore.
Canada administered three million doses and Japan 40 million doses in the two lowest and highest range, respectively, among G7 nations, according to data tweeted by MyGovIndia.
The US, which is the world’s worst-hit country in terms of both cases and deaths, has so far logged 40,018,268 cases. Besides, 649,319 people have lost their lives in the US to date, as per the JHU data.
Brazil currently has the world’s second-highest pandemic death toll after the United States and the third-largest caseload after the United States and India.
The country has recorded 20,899,933 cases with 583,810 fatalities so far, according to the health ministry.
India’s Covid-19 tally surpassed the 33-million mark, rising to 33,027,621 on Monday, as 38,948 new cases were reported during the past 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry’s latest data showed.
Besides, as many as 219 deaths were registered due to the pandemic since Sunday morning, taking the total death toll to 440,752.
