Shawdesh desk:

The global Covid-19 caseload has now surged past the grim milestone of 200 million, as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to devastate several countries even with mass inoculations underway.

The total caseload and fatalities from the virus stand at 200,136,419 and 4,254,976, respectively, as of Thursday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

So far, 4,265,470,393 Covid vaccine doses have been administered across the globe, as per the university data.

The US has logged 35,331,683 cases and 614,797 deaths to date, according to the university data. The death toll in the United States is the highest in the world.

India recorded the world’s second largest caseload of 31,769,132, followed by Brazil with 20,026,533 cases as well as the world’s second largest death toll of 559,607. Besides, India’s death toll reached 425,757 on Thursday morning.

Countries with more than four million cases include Russia, France, Britain, Turkey, Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Italy and Iran, while those with over 100,000 deaths include India, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Britain, Italy, Colombia and France.

The global caseload reached the grim milestone of 100 million on January 26, and doubled in more than half a year.