Citizen Times Desk: Dhaka, Aug-10,
The global Covid-19 caseload has now surpassed 203 million, as the ferocious second wave of the corona pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the world amid mass inoculation efforts.
The total caseload and
fatalities stand at 203,351,847 and 4,302,493, respectively, as of Tuesday
morning, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
So far, 4,447,184,520
vaccine doses have been administered across the globe.
The situation in North
America has worsened noticeably in the past weeks. The US, which is the world's
worst-hit country in terms of both cases and deaths, has so far logged
35,947,913 cases. Besides, 617,318 people have lost their lives in the US to
date, as per the JHU data.
Brazil has registered
411 more Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its national death toll
to 563,562, the health ministry said on Monday.
Meanwhile, the total
caseload rose to 20,177,757 after 12,085 new cases were detected during the
period.
Brazil currently has
the world's second-highest pandemic death toll after the United States and the
third-largest caseload after the United States and India.
India's Covid-19 tally
rose to 31,969,954 on Monday as 35,499 new cases were registered during the
past 24 hours across the country, according to the federal health ministry.
Besides, as many as 447
deaths due to the pandemic were reported since Sunday morning, taking the total
death toll to 428,309.
The number of Covid-19
cases confirmed worldwide in the past seven days increased to 4.3 million from
4.1 million of the previous week. The global case count rose to levels observed
in mid-May 2021.
However, the geography
of the disease differs. This spring, South America accounted for the majority
of all cases. Now, North America and several Asian nations are bearing the
brunt.
At the same time,
Europe managed to contain the Covid-19 outbreak. Mortality in Europe remains at
a minimal level despite a new wave of the pandemic.
Situation in Bangladesh
Teetering on the edge
of a brutal Covid-19 infection wave, Bangladesh reported 245 more deaths and
11,463 new cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.
The new numbers again
raised the case fatality rate to 1.68% from Sunday’s 1.67%, according to the
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the fresh deaths,
the country’s total death tally reached 22,897 while the total cases mounted to
1,365,158.
The new cases were
detected after the test of 47,207 samples, slightly lowering the case
positivity rate to 24.28% from Sunday’s 24.52%, the DGHS said.
Overwhelmed by the
Delta variant of Covid surge, Bangladesh has been seeing around 250 deaths and
13,000 cases daily on an average for a week.
Besides, the recovery
rate rose to 89.36% in Bangladesh from Sunday’s 89.05% with 14,412 new patients
recovering from Covid during this time.
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