C T Online Desk: The overall number of global Covid has crossed 543 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 543,108,636 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,338,053 on Friday morning.
The US has recorded 87,861,132 cases so far and 1,037,928 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 43,270,577 on Friday, as new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country.
Besides, 14 deaths from the pandemic registered across the country since Thursday morning took the total death toll to 524,817, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.
Amid surging positivity rate, Bangladesh recorded 357 new Covid cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning taking the country’s total caseload to 1,954,994, the health directorate said.
The country’s total fatalities, however, remained unchanged at 29,131 as no death was reported during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
The daily test positivity rate rose to 5.76 per cent from Wednesday’s 3.88 per cent with 6,200 samples tested during the period.
