The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 247 million amid the global race to vaccinate masses against the infectious disease.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 246, 699,782 while the death tally from the virus reached 4, 999,486 on Monday morning.
The US has recorded 45,970,785 cases to date and more than 745,832 people have died so far from the virus in the country, as per the university data.
Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January, have registered 21,810,855 cases so far, while its Covid death toll rose to 607,824.
India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,273,300 on Sunday as 12,830 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.
Besides, 446 deaths due to the pandemic since Saturday morning took the total death toll to 458,186.
