The overall number of Covid cases is now rapidly approaching 426 million as Omicron infections keep rising across the globe.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 425,800,257 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,889,937 Tuesday morning.
The US has recorded 78,527,776 cases so far and 935,970 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 42,850,066 Tuesday, as 11,542 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry's latest data.
Besides, 230 fatalities due to the pandemic since Monday morning took the total death toll to 512,371.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 28,250,591 cases as of Monday, while its Covid death toll rose to 644,695.
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