Global Covid Cases Top 185 Million

The second wave of the Covid pandemic continues its onslaught across the world amid speeding inoculation efforts. In fact, the global corona caseload has now topped 185 million.

The total caseload and fatalities from the virus stand at 185,489,255 and 4,009,084, respectively, as of Friday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

So far, 3,351,337,474 Covid vaccine doses have been administered across the globe, as per the university data.

The US has logged 33,790, 114 cases and 606,468 deaths to date, according to the university data. The death toll in the United States is the highest in the world.

Brazil registered 1,733 more deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours, bringing the national death tally to 530,344, the health ministry said Thursday.

A total of 53,749 new infections were detected during the period, raising the total caseload to 18,962,786, the ministry said.

India's Covid-19 tally rose to 30,743,013 on Thursday as 34,443 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, according to the federal health ministry.

Besides, 470 deaths due to the pandemic since Wednesday morning pushed up the total death toll to 405,527.

Covid-19 was first detected in the city of Wuhan, China, in late 2019, but the outbreak spread quickly across the globe in the first two-three months of 2020.

It was declared a global pandemic by the WHO on 11 March 2020.

Situation in Bangladesh

As coronavirus is spreading in Bangladesh faster than ever, the country logged record-high 11,651 cases and 199 deaths in 24 hours till Thursday morning.

The grim number of cases came after the test of 36,850 samples during the period, which puts the country’s case positivity rate at 31.62%, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The new numbers took the country’s death toll to 15,792, while the caseload stood at 989,219.

Just a day before, the country counted the highest-ever 201 deaths from Covid-19, and record-high 11,525 cases on Tuesday.

The country’s fatality rate remained static at 1.60% till Wednesday, said the DGHS.

So far, 856, 346 people have recovered from Covid, putting the recovery rate at 86.57%, which is declining, unlike other indicators.

Source: UNB