Dhaka, Nov. 9 -- The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 250 million amid the global race to vaccinate masses against the infectious disease.

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 250,314,842 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,055,334, Tuesday morning.

The US has recorded 46,613,052 cases to date and more than 755,631 people have died so far from the virus in the country, as per the university data.

Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January, registered 21,886,077 cases as of Tuesday, while its Covid death toll rose to 609,573.

India's Covid-19 tally rose to 34,366,987 on Monday as 11,451 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as ...