The number of global Covid cases surged past 138 million, an alarming figure that paints a bleak picture of the pandemic.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total number of case count mounted to 138,056,297 while the death tally from the virus reached 2,971,539 Thursday morning.
US recorded 31,420,888 cases to date and more than 564,396 people have died so far from the virus in the country.
Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of Covid-19 cases since January, registered 73,513 fresh cases, bringing the national tally to 13,673,507.
Brazil’s Covid-19 death count rose to 361,884, with 3,459 new deaths in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday.
