According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 493,563,211 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,169,551 Tuesday morning.

The US has recorded 81,494,990 cases so far and 997,123 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows. 

India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,029,660 on Sunday, as 1,529 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.

Besides, as many as 101 deaths due to the pandemic were reported since Saturday morning, taking the total death toll to 521,446.

Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 30,012,798 infections as of Monday, while its Covid death toll rose to 660,381.