Global Cases Top 150 Million; Biden’s ‘Tough Call’: Virus Update Bloomberg 1 hr ago Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) -- Global cases of the coronavirus topped 150 million, with India remaining at the epicenter of the pandemic after reporting record new infections Friday. Brazil’s fatalities exceeded 400,000 as the country recorded more Covid-19 deaths in the first four months of the year than in all of 2020. Popular Searches France said it found initial cases of the variant first detected in India and extended anti-Covid shots to all adults from June 15. Sweden delayed its national vaccination target for a second time in a month, while Pfizer and BioNTech sought authorization for their Covid-19 shot to be used in children aged 12 to 15 in the European Union.