Global Covid-19 cases surpass 410 million

The overall number of Covid cases has surpassed 410 million, with the Omicron variant’s rapid spread across the globe.

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 410, 024,095 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,809, 171 Sunday morning.

The US has recorded 77,702,689 cases so far and 919,171 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.

India's COVID-19 tally rose to 42,586,544 on Saturday, as 50,407 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry's latest data.

Besides, as many as 804 deaths were recorded since Friday morning, taking the death toll to 507,981.