Omicron Variant

People line up to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Beijing on 22 January, 2021, part of a drive to test two million people in 48 hours as the city rushes to snuff out a new local cluster of cases believed to be linked to a more contagious virus variant

Global Covid cases near 621 million

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 620,640,348 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,541,519 on Tuesday morning

A woman talks on the phone in Paris, France, on 9 November 2020

Global Covid cases top 620 million

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 620,000,208 while the death toll reached 6,539,841 on Sunday morning

A couple walk past closed shops in a quiet lane in central Sheffield, in northern England on 21 October 2020, prior to further lockdown measures to combat the rise in novel coronavirus COVID-19 cases. More than a million people in northern England will be banned from mixing with other households under tougher new coronavirus rules announced by government minister Robert Jenrick on Wednesday

Global Covid cases surpass 607 million

The overall number of Covid cases has now crossed 607 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world

A man receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at a vaccination center at Paseo de la Sexta, in Guatemala City, on 25 February, 2022

Global Covid cases near 606 million

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 605,860,228 and the death toll reached 6,488,073 on Monday morning

People line up to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Beijing on 22 January, 2021, part of a drive to test two million people in 48 hours as the city rushes to snuff out a new local cluster of cases believed to be linked to a more contagious virus variant

Global Covid cases top 604 million

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 604,121,644 and the death toll reached 6,482,764 on Friday morning

People get tested inside their vehicles at a Covid-19 testing station on 14 January, 2022 in Monterey Park, California. Americans can start requesting free at-home Covid-19 tests, limited to four free tests per home, when a federal website begins accepting orders on 19 January amid nationwide shortages

Global Covid cases top 602 million

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 602,389,641 and the death toll reached 6,476,104 on Wednesday morning

People get tested inside their vehicles at a Covid-19 testing station on 14 January, 2022 in Monterey Park, California. Americans can start requesting free at-home Covid-19 tests, limited to four free tests per home, when a federal website begins accepting orders on 19 January amid nationwide shortages

Global Covid cases top 600 million

Prothom Alo English DeskThe overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 600 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world, UNB reports

A worker sits next to a fence erected to close a residential area under Covid-19 lockdown in the Huangpu district of Shanghai on 10 June 2022

Global Covid cases near 599 million

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 598,839,607 and the death toll reached 6,466,367 on Friday morning

A man receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at a vaccination center at Paseo de la Sexta, in Guatemala City, on 25 February, 2022

Global Covid cases near 596 million

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 596,947,974 and the death toll reached 6,456,487on Tuesday morning

Ambulance attendants transport a patient with suspected symptoms of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection to an ambulance to be transferred to another hospital, as the outbreak continues, in Mexico City, Mexico, on 13 November 2020

Global Covid cases near 595 million

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 594,697,603 and the death toll reached 6,453,474 on Sunday morning

A health worker from Thanyarak Pattani Hospital conducts a swab test on a woman for the Covid-19 coronavirus at Pattani Central Mosqe in Pattani on 21 February, 2022

Global Covid cases top 591 million

India registered 12,751 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 44,174,650 in the country, according to the federal health ministry data

A man receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at a vaccination center at Paseo de la Sexta, in Guatemala City, on 25 February, 2022

Global Covid cases near 589 million

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 588,866,875 and the death toll reached 6,435,704 on Sunday morning

A man receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at a vaccination center at Paseo de la Sexta, in Guatemala City, on 25 February, 2022

Global Covid cases near 582 million

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 581,804,304 and the death toll reached 6,419,097 on Sunday morning

Medical workers administer tests at the Bondi Beach drive-through coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing centre in the wake of new positive cases in Sydney, Australia on 17 June 2021.

Global Covid cases top 569 million

The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 569 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe

A member of the public receives a Pfizer vaccine at a drive-through coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination clinic in Otara during a single-day vaccination drive, aimed at significantly increasing the percentage of vaccinated people in the country, in Auckland, New Zealand, 16 October, 2021

Global Covid cases top 568 million

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