Online Desk :
The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 577 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 577,023,105 and the death toll reached 6,407,209 on Wednesday morning.
The US has recorded 92,494,018 cases so far and 1,052,935 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
India’s daily caseload further slipped to 14,830 on Tuesday, officials said.
According to federal health ministry data released on Tuesday morning, 14,830 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in 24 hours, taking the total tally to 43,920,451 in the country.
The new cases reported on Tuesday mark a decrease from the Monday’s daily caseload of 16,866.
The country also registered 36 new deaths due to Covid, bringing the death toll to 526,110, the ministry said.
Covid in Bangladesh
Bangladesh recorded four more Covid-19-linked deaths with 621 new cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
With the latest figures, the country’s total fatalities reached 29,275 and the caseload 2,002,944, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case positivity rate dropped to 6.14 per cent from Monday’s 7.84 per cent as 10,053 samples were tested.
The deceased included two men and two women. Two of them were from Chattogram, and one each from Dhaka and Sylhet divisions.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 per cent. The recovery rate rose to 96.78 per cent from Monday’s 96.75 per cent.
In June, the country reported 18 Covid-linked deaths and 20,201 new cases, according to the DGHS.
Bangladesh reported its first zero Covid death on November 20 last year since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.
The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.
