Shawdesh Desk:

The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 509 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 509,166,036 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,216,800 Sunday morning.

The US has recorded 80,971,925 cases so far and 991,231 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.

India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,057,545 on Sunday, as 5,120 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal Health Ministry’s latest data.

This is the third consecutive day when the number of new cases has breached the 2,000-mark, after hitting low for the past several months.

Besides, there were 77 new deaths due to the pandemic since Saturday morning, taking the death toll to 522,193.