The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 265 million amid the emergence of the new Omricron variant of Covid-19.

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 264,834,612 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,242,078 Saturday morning.

The US has recorded 48,988,223 cases to date and more than 787,678 people have died so far from the virus in the country, as per the university data.

Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January, registered 22,129,409 cases as of Friday, while its Covid death toll rose to 615,400.

India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 34,615,757 on Friday, as 9,216 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry data.

Besides, as many as 391 deaths due to the pandemic since Thursday morning took the total death toll to 470,115.