The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 455.5 million as the pandemic enters into its third year.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 455,675,890 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,038,904 Sunday morning.
The US has recorded 79,508,508 cases so far and 967,158 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 42,989,398 on Sunday, as 1,523 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry's latest data.
Besides, as many as 133 deaths due to the pandemic since Saturday morning took the total death toll to 515,847.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 29,313,228 cases as of Friday, while its Covid death toll rose to 654,843.
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