Shawdesh Desk:

Despite a drop in the number of new cases in several countries, the  global Covid-19 caseload is fast approaching the 176-million mark.

The total caseload reached 175,878,310 while the death toll climbed to 3,799,883 as of Monday morning, according to John Hopkins University (JHU).

So far, 2,342, 590,769 doses of vaccine have been administered across the globe.

The US, which has been the world worst hit country in number of cases and deaths, has logged 33,461,575 cases with 599,768 deaths.

Brazil on Sunday registered 1,129 more deaths, bringing the nationwide tally to 487,401, the health ministry said.

A total of 37,948 new infections were detected, raising the caseload to 17,412,766, the ministry said.

Brazil has the world’s second highest Covid-19 death toll, after the United States, and the third largest caseload, following the United States and India.

Besides, India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 29,439,989 on Sunday, with as many as 80,834 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours, said the health ministry.

Besides, 3,303 Covid-19 patients died in 24 hours until Saturday morning taking the death toll to 370,384.