C T Online Desk: The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 550 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 550,643,002 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,353,680 on Wednesday morning.
The United States has recorded 89,030,727 cases so far and 1,041,354 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
India reported 11,793 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, taking the total tally to 43,418,839, according to the data released by the federal health ministry on Tuesday.
Besides, 27 deaths due to the pandemic since Monday morning took the total death toll to 525,047.
The daily positivity rate in the country stood at 2.49 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was 3.36 per cent, the ministry said.
Bangladesh registered three more Covid-linked deaths with 2,087 new infections in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
The new figures took the country’s total death toll to 29,145 and the caseload to 19,69,361, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
The daily case positivity rate slightly increased to 15.47 per cent from Monday’s 15.20 per cent as 13,489 samples were tested during the period, said the DGHS.
The deceased included two women and a man. Two of them were from Chattogram division and the remaining one from Dhaka division.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.48 per cent. The recovery rate declined to 96.84 per cent from Monday’s 96.93 per cent as 200 patients recovered during this period.
