Shawdesh Desk:

The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 250 million amid the global race to vaccinate masses against the infectious disease.

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 249, 502,872 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,043,945 as of Sunday morning.

The US has recorded 46,461,564 cases to date and more than 754,278 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 21,874,324 cases so far, while its Covid death toll rose to 609,388.

India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,344,683 on Saturday, as 10,929 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry’s latest data showed.

Besides, as many as 392 deaths due to the pandemic have been reported since Friday morning, taking the total death toll to 460,265.