Global Covid cases top 258 million
- Update Time : Tuesday, November 23, 2021
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The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 258 million amid the global race to vaccinate masses against the infectious disease.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 258,172,735 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,158,642 Tuesday morning.
Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January, registered 22,019,870 cases as of Tuesday, while its Covid death toll rose to 612,842.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 34,523,965 on Tuesday as 8,488 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry data.
Besides, 249 deaths due to the pandemic since Sunday morning took the country’s total death toll to 465,991.
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