Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- The overall global number of Covid-19 cases is fast approaching 253 million amid the race to vaccinate people against the infectious disease.

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 252, 920,587 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,095, 436 as of Sunday morning.

The US has recorded 47,043,735 cases to date and more than 762,954 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 21,953,838 cases as of Saturday, while its Covid death toll rose to 611,224.

India's Covid-19 tally rose to 34,426,036 on Saturday, as 11,850 new cases were registered during the past 2...