The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 429 million as Omicron infections keep rising across the globe.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 429,383,996 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,916,311 Thursday morning.
The US has recorded 78,730,893 cases so far and 941,866 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 42,867,031 on Wednesday, as 15,102 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry's data.
Besides, 278 deaths due to the pandemic since Tuesday morning took the total death toll to 512,622.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 28,493,336 cases as of Wednesday, while its Covid death toll rose to 646,714.
