Shawdesh desk:

The global Covid-19 caseload has now surpassed 188 million, with the world still struggling to contain the second wave of the pandemic.

The total caseload and fatalities from the virus stand at 188,284,090 and 4,057,061, respectively, as of Thursday morning, as per the latest data released by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

On the other hand, as many as 3,496,851,294 vaccine doses have been administered across the world.

The US has logged 33,946,217 cases and 608,104 fatalities to date, the highest death toll in the world, according to the university.

The US crossed the grim milestone of 30 million cases on March 25.

Brazil registered 1,556 more Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its national fatality figure to 537,394, the health ministry said Wednesday.

As many as 57,736 new cases were detected during the period, taking the total caseload to 19,209,729, the ministry said.

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.

India has been experiencing a fall in daily Covid-19 deaths for the past couple of weeks.

The country’s Covid-19 tally surpassed 30,946,074 on Wednesday, with 38,792 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, said the federal health ministry.

Besides, as many as 624 deaths were reported on Wednesday that took the overall fatality toll to 411,408.