C T Online Desk: The overall number of Covid-19 cases has surpassed 498 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the total case count mounted to 498,154,313 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,176,420 on Sunday morning.
The United States has recorded 80,399,474 cases so far and 985,482 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 43,035,271 on Saturday, with 2,204 new cases registered in 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data.
Besides, 122 deaths due to the pandemic reported since Friday morning took the total death toll to 521,695.
Bangladesh logged 28 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning, taking the total caseload to 19,52,023.
The daily positivity rate slightly decreased to 0.62 per cent from Friday’s 0.77 per cent after testing 4,491 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent.
The recovery rate rose to 96.72 per cent with the recovery of 610 more patients during the 24-hour period.
