Amid a global scare over the new strain of Covid-19, the overall number of coronavirus cases has now surged past 277 million.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 277,11,912 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,376,422 Thursday morning.
The US has recorded 51,545,991 cases to date and more than 812,069 people have died so far from the virus in the country, as per the university data, reports UNB.
Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January, registered 22,222,928 cases as of Wednesday, while its Covid death toll rose to 618,091.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 34,758,481 on Wednesday, as 6,317 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry data.
Besides, 318 deaths from the pandemic have been reported since Tuesday morning, taking the total death toll to 478,325.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death and 352 fresh cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning.
The detection of the new cases after testing 18,938 samples took the daily case positivity rate to 1.87 per cent during the period, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The positivity rate was 1.39 percent a day before, with the detection of 291 fresh cases.
With the new numbers, the total fatalities rose to 28,052 while the caseload mounted to 15,81,986, according to the directorate.
Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 percent during the period.
Besides, the recovery rate remained steady at 97.75 percent with the recovery of 281 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.
