News Desk: Dhaka,
Aug-31,
The global Covid-19
caseload has now surged past 217 million, with the world still struggling to
contain the second wave of the pandemic.
The total caseload and
fatalities from the virus stand at 217,080,846 and 4,509,821 respectively, as
of Tuesday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
So far, 5,237,961,694
Covid vaccine doses have been administered across the globe.
The US has logged
39,057,368 cases and 638,711 deaths to date, according to the JHU data.
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.
The country has
recorded 20,752,281 cases with 579,574 fatalities so far, according to the
health ministry.
India's Covid-19 tally
rose to 32,737,939 on Monday morning as 42,909 new cases were registered in 24
hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry's data.
Besides, 380 deaths due
to the pandemic were reported since Sunday morning, taking the total death toll
to 438,210 -- the world's third-highest after the US and Brazil.
Meanwhile, Covid-19 in
India may be entering a stage of ‘endemicity’ where there is low or moderate
level of transmission going on, Chief Scientist at the World Health
Organisation Dr Soumya Swaminathan said over the weekend.
The US Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that endemic “refers to the constant
presence and/or usual prevalence of a disease or infectious agent in a
population within a geographic area".
Situation in Bangladesh
Covid-19 claimed 94
more lives in Bangladesh and infected 3,724 more in 24 hours till Monday
morning, with the daily case positivity rate falling to 12.07%.
The country last saw
12.33% daily case positivity rate on June 10.
The new numbers have
taken the country’s death tally to 26,109 and the caseload to 1,497,261,
according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
The fresh cases were
detected after testing 30,855 samples.
Meanwhile, the recovery
rate rose to 94.97 percent, while the case fatality rate remained unchanged at
1.74% during the period.
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