প্রকাশ: 31/03/2022
The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 487
million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case
count mounted to 486,630,989 while the death toll from the virus reached
6,137,898 Thursday morning.
The US has recorded 80,057,295 cases so far and 979,849
people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,023,215 on Wednesday, as
1,233 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the
federal health ministry's data.
Besides, 31 new deaths from the pandemic took the total
death toll to 521,101.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of
cases since January last year, registered 29,920,604 infections as of Tuesday,
while its Covid death toll rose to 659,769.
The number of people killed by the coronavirus surged by
more than 40% last week, likely due to changes in how Covid-19 deaths were
reported across the Americas and by newly adjusted figures from India,
according to a World Health Organization report released Wednesday.
In its latest weekly report on the pandemic, the UN health
agency said the number of new coronavirus cases fell everywhere, including in
WHO’s Western Pacific region, where they had been rising since December,
reports AP.
About 10 million new Covid-19 infections and more than
45,000 deaths were reported worldwide over the past week, following a 23% drop
in fatalities the week before.
WHO has said repeatedly that Covid-19 case counts are likely
a vast underestimate of the coronavirus’ prevalence. The agency cautioned
countries in recent weeks against dropping their comprehensive testing and
other surveillance measures, saying that doing so would cripple efforts to
accurately track the spread of the virus.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh logged 72 fresh Covid cases with two more deaths
in 24 hours till Wednesday morning.
The fresh numbers took the country’s total caseload to
19,51,504 and the death toll to 29,122.
On Tuesday, the number of infections was lower as 69 new
cases were reported.
The daily positivity rate increased a bit to 0.89 per cent
from Tuesday’s 0.75 per cent after 8,050 samples were tested during the period,
according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The deaths of two people -- a man and a woman -- were
reported from Rajshahi and Khulna divisions.
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per
cent.
The recovery rate rose to 96.36 per cent with the recovery
of 876 more patients during the 24-hour period.
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.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest daily
positivity rate at 33.37 per cent reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.
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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