Global Covid cases near 460 million

The overall number of Covid cases is rapidly approaching 460 million as the pandemic enters into its third year.

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 459,636,458 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,045,258 Tuesday morning.

The US has recorded 79,561,138 cases so far and 965,102 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.

India's Covid-19 tally rose to 42,995,560 on Monday as 2,066 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry's data.

Besides, 98 deaths from the pandemic since Saturday morning took the total death toll to 516,005.

Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January last year, registered 29,382,196 cases as of Tuesday, while its Covid death toll rose to 655,326.

Situation in Bangladesh

Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death with 239 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning, health authorities said.

The new deceased was a man from Chattogram division.

The daily positivity rate declined to 1.75 per cent from Sunday’s 1.88 per cent after testing 13,667 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The fatalities on Monday were lower than that of Friday that witnessed three more Covid-linked deaths with 233 fresh cases.

The latest numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 29,112 and the caseload to 19,49,725.

Of the 26 deaths recorded from March 7 to March 13, some 57.7 per cent received Covid vaccines while 42.3 percent did not, the DGHS said.

Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent.

The recovery rate rose to 95.54 per cent with the recovery of 1,922 more patients during the 24-hour period.