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Global Covid cases top 442 million

 New Nation
 Published: 2:03 PM, 04 March 2022  Updated: 12:05 AM, 04 October 2022
Patients in hospital beds wait in a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong , Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
Patients in hospital beds wait in a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong , Wednesday, March 2, 2022.

UNB, Dhaka :

The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 442 million as Omicron infections keep rising across the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 442,063,007 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,982,404 Friday morning.
The US has recorded 79,192,502 cases so far and 956,498 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 42,951,262 on Thursday with 6,102 new cases registered in 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry data.
Besides, 201 more deaths from the pandemic were recorded since Tuesday morning, taking the death toll to 514,620.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 28,906,214 cases as of Thursday, while its Covid death toll rose to 650,646.