Shawdesh Desk:

The overall number of Covid cases has surpassed 402 million, with the Omicron variant’s rapid spread across the globe.

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 402,919,300 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,775,363 Thursday morning.

The US has recorded 77,258,837 cases so far and 912,208 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.

Russia is reporting a record daily count of new coronavirus infections, a tenfold spike from a month ago as the highly contagious Omicron variant spreads through the country, reports AP.

Russia’s Covid-19 cases surged to 13,128,679 with 330,609 deaths, says JHU data.

India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 42,410,976 on Wednesday. So far, the country has reported 505,279 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins data.

Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since last January, has registered 26,972,914 cases so far and 635,421 people have died from the deadly virus in the country.