Covid-19: Cases surpass 100 million globally

Covid-19 had put the entire world to a screeching halt.After the first death was reported in China on January 11, it ordered nationwidelockdown on January 23. As per Reuters news agency reports, the Covid-19 caseshave surpassed 100 million mark. The nations across the globe are fighting withvaccine shortages and steps are being taken to nip new variants of the virus inthe bud.

As per reports, almost 1.3% of globe's population hasbeen infected with the virus since its inception in China. More than 2.1million people have died due to Covid-19.

With 13,700 infections being reported average each day,it has been reported that infections are decreasing.

The United States, India, Brazil, Russia and the UnitedKingdom are some the countries that are worst affected by the surge of Covid-19cases and high death rate.

According to Reuters, about 56 nations across the globehave started vaccinating their people against the virus. With 64 million doses,they have started rolling out vaccines to fight against Covid-19.

India is a country with the second highest number ofcases in the world. India started its vaccine roll out with Covaxin andCovishield. While the country started mass inoculation drive on January 16, thenumbers remained low but slightly increased after some time.