প্রকাশ: 23/02/2022
The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 427
million as Omicron infections keep rising across the globe.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case
count mounted to 427,358,056 while the death toll from the virus reached
5,904,723 Wednesday morning.
The US has recorded 78,642,385 cases so far and 938,938
people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 42,851,929 Tuesday, as 13,405
new cases registered in 24 hours across the South Asian country, as per the
federal health ministry's latest data.
Besides, 235 more deaths since Monday morning took the death
toll to 512,344.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of
cases since January last year, registered 28,353,689 cases as of Wednesday,
while its Covid death toll rose to 645,665.
Covid Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh logged 16 more Covid-linked deaths with 1,595
fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning as the positivity rate and cases
continue to decline.
The daily positivity rate further declined to 6.77% from
Monday’s 6.94% after testing 23,422 samples during the period, according to the
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
On Monday, Bangladesh reported nine more Covid-linked deaths
with 1,951 fresh cases.
The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to
28,990 and the caseload to 19,36,837.
Among the new deceased, seven were men and nine women.
Eight of the deaths were reported in Dhaka division, three
in Chattogram, two in Rajshahi and one each in Khulna, Sylhet and Rangpur
divisions.
Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.50%.
However, the recovery rate slightly rose to 91.47% with the
recovery of 8,357 more patients during the 24-hour period.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its earlier highest daily
positivity rate at 33.37% reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.
On December 9 last year, Bangladesh again logged zero
Covid-related death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was apparently
showing signs of easing.
The country reported its first zero Covid-related death in a
single day on November 20 last year along with 178 infections since the
pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload
of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities
was 264 on August 10 last year.
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