C T Online Desk: The overall number of Covid cases has now surges past 556 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 556,309,899 and the death toll from the virus reached 6,364,392 Wednesday morning.
The United States has recorded 89,731,799 cases so far and 1,043,879 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
India reported 13,086 new Covid cases, taking the total tally to 43,531,650, data released by the country’s federal health ministry showed on Tuesday.
Besides, 19 deaths due to the pandemic since Monday morning took the total death toll to 525,242.
So far 42,891,933 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals.
Bangladesh registered seven more Covid deaths with 1,998 cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning amid a rapid surge in new infections.
The fresh numbers took the country’s total caseload to 1,982,972 and fatalities to 29,182, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
The daily case positivity rate rose to 16.74 per cent from Monday’s 16.51 per cent as 11,882 samples were tested during the period, said the DGHS.
All the seven deceased were men. Of them, five were from Dhaka and one each from Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions.
