In fact, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count and fatalities surged to 154,788,122 and 3,237,808, respectively, on Thursday.

The US, the world’s worst-hit country in terms of cases and deaths, has so far logged 32,557,299 infections and 579,265 fatalities, respectively, as per the JHU data. 

The Centers for Disease Control is now reporting an average of about 350,000 new cases each week, 35,000 hospitalisations and over 4,000 deaths, reports AP.

With Covid-19 deaths, hospitalisations and cases plummeting since January, many states and cities are already moving to ease or lift restrictions on restaurants, bars, theaters and other businesses and talking about getting back to something close to normal this summer.

Brazil registered 2,811 more deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the country’s death toll to 414,399, the Ministry of Health reported Wednesday.

Meanwhile, tests detected 73,295 new Covid-19 cases, taking the national tally to 14,930,183.

Brazil has the world’s second-highest Covid-19 death toll, after the United States, and the third-largest outbreak, behind the United States and India.

Meanwhile, India has recorded 20,665,148 cases as of Thursday morning, with 226,188 fatalities. 

India’s hospitals are packed with Covid-19 patients and the shortage of oxygen is only intensifying the woes of patients and their relatives.