C T Online Desk: The overall number of Covid cases has surpassed 544 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 544,055,243 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,340,234 Sunday morning.
The United States has recorded 87,981,568 cases so far and 1,038,289 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
Meanwhile, cases in India rose to 43,296,692 on Sunday morning, according to the global data.
With 15 new deaths since Saturday morning, the death toll in India rose to 524,855.
Bangladesh recorded 304 new Covid cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning taking the country’s total caseload to 1,955,731.
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 slightly declined to 5.94 per cent from Friday’s 6.27 per cent with 5,122 samples tested during the period.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent. The recovery rates declined to 97.44 per cent as 47 patients recovered during this period.
