The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 510 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 510,034,044 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,220,164 Tuesday morning.
The US has recorded 81,042,367 cases so far and 991,572 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,062,097 on Monday after 2,541 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the South Asian country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.
This is the sixth consecutive day when the number of daily new cases has surpassed the 2,000-mark, after lower tallies were reported in recent weeks.
Besides, 30 deaths due to the pandemic recorded since Sunday morning took the death toll to 522,193.
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