The overall number of global Covid cases has now crossed 276 million amid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in several western countries.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 276,200,632 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,368,422 Wednesday morning.
The US has recorded 51,272,854 cases so far and more than 810,045 people have died from the virus in the country to date, the university data shows.
Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the US, accounting for 73 per cent of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday, reports AP.
Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus cases in the UK mounted to 11,607,864, while the total fatalities reached 147,896, according to figures released Tuesday.
Coronavirus infections are surging in Britain — up 60 per cent in a week — as Omicron replaced Delta as the dominant variant, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said more new restrictions may have to be introduced to slow its spread.
Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January, registered 22,219,477 cases as of Wednesday, while its Covid death toll rose to 617,948.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 34,752,164 on Wednesday, while the total death toll mounted to 478,007.
Covid situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death, with the health authorities logging 291 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
The detection of the new cases after testing 20,761 samples took the daily case positivity rate to 1.39 percent during the period, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the fresh numbers, the total fatalities rose to 28,051 while the caseload mounted to 15,81,634.
Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 per cent during the period.
Besides, the recovery rate remained steady at 97.75 per cent with the recovery of 264 more patients during the 24-hour period.
On December 9, Bangladesh again logged zero Covid-related death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was apparently showing signs of easing.
The country reported this year’s first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 along with 178 infections since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
Bangladesh reported the highest number of daily fatalities of 264 on August 5 this year, while the highest daily caseload was 16,230 on July 28 this year.
