Bangladesh, Nov. 29 -- The overall number of Covid cases has surpassed 261 million amid concern after detection of new variant of coronavirus Omicron in some countries.

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 261,434,076 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,199,349 on Monday morning.

The US has recorded 48,229,210 cases to date and more than 776,639 people have died so far from the virus in the country, as per the university data.

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Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January, has registered 22,080,906, cases so far, while its Covid death toll rose to 614,278.

India's COVID-19 tally rose to 34,572,523 on Sunday...