Shawdesh Desk:

The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 451 million as Omicron infections keep rising across the world.

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 451,406,242 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,021,834 Thursday morning.

The US has recorded 79,406,602 cases so far and 963,819 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.

India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 42,975,883 on Wednesday, as 4,575 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s data.

Besides, 145 more deaths were recorded since Tuesday morning, taking the death toll to 515,355.

Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 29,198,101 cases as of Wednesday while its Covid death toll rose to 653,767.