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Covid-19 global death toll now 520,634
With the sharp rise in infections in many countries, the global coronavirus cases have soared to 10,836,500 on Friday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Besides, the virus has so far claimed the lives of 520,634 people globally, shows the JHU data.
According to the data, Brazil is the second most infected country after the US with 1,496, 858 coronavirus cases and 61,884 deaths as of Friday morning.
Meanwhile, India has occupied the fourth position after Russia with 604,641 confirmed Covid-19 cases. The country has so far reported 17,834 deaths.
Russia counted the third highest Covid-19 cases- 660,231, after the US and Brazil till date.
Among the countries, the US has been the worst-hit one with the highest recorded deaths of 128,684 patients and about 2,735,554 confirmed cases.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports highest 4,019 cases in 24 hrs, 38 more die
Bangladesh on Thursday saw the highest-ever spike in coronavirus cases in a single day as 4,019 more people were diagnosed with the virus in a span of 24 hours.
Coronavirus: Global death tally crosses 515,542
The global death toll from coronavirus infections stood at 515,542 on Thursday morning while the confirmed cases crossed 10,664,433, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
The JHU data shows Brazil as the second most infected country after the US with 1,448, 753 coronavirus cases and 60,632 deaths as of Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, India has occupied the fourth position after Russia with 585,493 confirmed Covid-19 cases. The country has so far reported 17,400 deaths.
Russia counted the third highest Covid-19 cases- 653,479, after the US and Brazil till date.
Coronavirus: Global death toll climbs to 509,779
As the coronavirus situation continues to worsen, the global death toll from the virus infection stood at 509,779 on Wednesday morning while the confirmed cases crossed 10,434,835, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
The JHU data shows Brazil as the second most infected country after the US with 1,402,041 coronavirus cases and 59,594 deaths as of Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, India has grabbed the fourth position after Russia with 566,840 confirmed Covid-19 cases. The country has so far reported 16,893 deaths.
Russia counted the third highest Covid-19 cases- 646,929, after the US and Brazil till date.
Among the countries, the US has been the worst-hit one with the highest recorded deaths of 127,322 patients and about 2,629,372 confirmed cases.
In the US, New York State alone counted 32,032 deaths till date.
The UK has the third-highest death toll of 43,815, followed by Italy with 34,767, France 29,846 and Spain 28,355, according to the JHU data.
Coronavirus cases were first reported in China in December last year.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.
Situation in Bangladesh
According to JHU, Bangladesh has come up to 18th position with the number of confirmed coronavirus cases it reported on Wednesday.
Bangladesh confirmed its first confirmed cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18 but it has been seeing a sharp rise in both new cases and deaths in recent weeks.
The country's health authorities have recoded the highest coronavirus death in a single day as 64 people died of the deadly virus in 24 hours till Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 1,847.
Defence Ministry’s senior secretary dies from coronavirus
Senior Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdhury died from coronavirus on Monday morning. He was 57.
Abdullah, who was undergoing treatment at the Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka, suffered a heart attack at 8:45 am and breathed his last at 9:30am, said additional secretary Md Mahmud-ul-Haque.
Nurse dies from coronavirus in Sylhet
A nurse of Shaheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital died from coronavirus in Sylhet on Friday night.
Ruhul Amin, a senior staff nurse of the hospital which is dedicated for coronavirus treatment, died around 10:15pm, said Israil Ali Sadek, general secretary of Sylhet Osmani Medical College Hosital Nurses’ Association.
As his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to the ICU at the hospital in the evening, where he died later.
Meanwhile, in Sylhet division, total coronavirus cases reached 884 till Friday.
Besides, so fat 16 people died from coronavirus in the division.