Dhaka, Dec. 14 -- The overall number of global Covid cases is fast approaching 271 million amid the spread of the Omicron variant in several western countries.

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 270,126,616 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,311,561 Tuesday morning, reports UNB.

The US has recorded 50,118,307 cases so far and more than 798,697 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.

Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January, registered 22,191,949 cases as of Tuesday, while its Covid death toll rose to 616,980.

India has registered 7,350 new cases of Covid-19 during a 24 hours period, bringing the total caseload to 34,703...