Global Covid cases top 330 million

Global Covid cases top 330 million

Amid the global scare over the rising Omicron cases, the overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 330 million, reports UNB.

According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 330,275,734 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,544,688 Tuesday morning.

 

The US has recorded 66,375,579 cases so far and 851,451 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.

India's Covid-19 tally rose to 37,380,253 Monday, as 258,089 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the health ministry's latest data.

This is the fifth consecutive day when more than 200,000 daily new cases were registered in the country.

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Besides, as many as 385 deaths due to the pandemic since Sunday morning took the total death toll to 486,451.

Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since last January, registered 23,089,509 cases as of Monday, while its Covid death toll rose to 621,478.

Bangladesh reported 10 more Covid-linked deaths, with 6,676 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning, following a sharp rise in its infection rate.

 

The positivity rate in the country jumped to 20.88 per cent during the period from Sunday's 17.82 per cent after the testing of 31,980 samples, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Bangladesh is currently seeing a surge of Covid-19 cases as health authorities registered 38,478 infections in the last 16 days since 1 January.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh's total tally of Omicron cases reached 55, with the detection of 22 more cases till Monday, according to GISAID, a global initiative on sharing all influenza data.

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