প্রকাশ: 13/04/2022
The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 500
million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case
count mounted to 500,363,741 while the death toll from the virus reached
6,183,944 Wednesday morning.
The US has recorded 80,476,404 cases so far and 986,346
people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,036,928 on Tuesday, with
796 new cases registered in 24 hours across the South Asian country, showed the
federal health ministry's data.
Besides, 19 deaths due to the pandemic since Monday morning
took the total death toll to 521,710.
Meanwhile, Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of
cases since January last year, registered 30,161,909 infections as of
Wednesday, while its Covid death toll rose to 661,576.
Covid Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh logged 22 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours till
Tuesday morning, taking the total caseload to 19,52,131.
As per the latest government data, the country’s total
fatalities remained unchanged at 29,124 as no deaths were reported during the
period.
The daily positivity rate dropped to 0.38 per cent, the
lowest since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020, after 5,800
samples were tested during the period, according to the Directorate General of
Health Services (DGHS).
On Monday, the number of infections was higher as 44 new
cases were reported with one death, taking the positivity rate to 0.71 per
cent.
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per
cent.
The recovery rate rose to 96.80 per cent with the recovery
of 375 more patients during the 24-hour period.
Earlier on April 5, Bangladesh logged its lowest daily
positivity rate at 0.52 per cent reporting 35 cases with zero deaths.
In March, the country reported 85 Covid-linked deaths and
8,000 new cases while 66,639 patients recovered from the disease, according to
DGHS.
Among the 85 deaths during the period, 44 were unvaccinated
patients, 11 were vaccinated with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, 28 with
the second dose and two with the third dose.
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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