Global Covid-19 deaths approaching 9-lakh

The global Covid-19 death toll is approaching 900,000, the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University shows.

The death count reached 891,240 on Tuesday.

Besides, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases recorded 27,254,716.

More than 18.24 million people recovered from the virus infection, according to the latest tally from JHU.

The United States remains the worst-hit nation by the pandemic, with 6,300,431 cases and 189,207 deaths, accounting for more than one fifth of the global death toll.

India has become the second worst-hit country by the pandemic on Monday.

The South Asian country reported 90,802 cases in the past 24 hours that pushed its total past Brazil with 4.2 million cases.