Shawdesh Desk:

The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 490 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 490,610,853 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,150,934 Sunday morning.

The US has recorded 80,150,804 cases so far and 982,533 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.

India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 43,028,131 on Sunday, as 2,356 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry’s latest data.

Besides, 193 deaths due to the pandemic have been recorded since Saturday morning, pushing up the death toll to 521,374.

Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 29,995,575 infections as of Saturday, while its Covid death toll rose to 660,371.