C T Online Desk: The overall number of global Covid cases has surpassed 617 million on Monday morning.
The total case count mounted to 617,201,960 while the death toll reached 6,530,799 on Monday morning, according to the latest global data.
The United States has recorded 97,509,436 cases so far and 1,078,663 people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around the world.
India’s daily Covid-19 caseload Sunday decreased to the 5,664 mark, officials said.
According to federal health ministry data released on Sunday morning, 5,664 new cases of Covid-19 were reported during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,534,188 in the country.
The country also logged 35 related deaths during the past 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll to 528,337 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.
Bangladesh reported 527more Covid cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning.
With no new deaths reported country’s total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,339 while with the new infections, the total caseload rose to 2,017,614, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
