Global Covid cases tops 433 million

The overall number of Covid cases is now rapidly approaching 433 million as Omicron infections keep rising across the globe. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 432,816, 460 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,936, 878 Saturday morning.

The US has recorded 78,883,101 cases so far and 947, 417 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows. India's Covid-19 tally rose to 42,894,345 on Friday as 13,166 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the health ministry's latest data.

Besides, as many as 302 deaths from the pandemic reported since Thursday morning took the total death toll to 513,226. Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 28,679,671 cases as of Friday, while its Covid death toll rose to 648,496.