The number of deaths rose to 7,531 since the first cases were reported in the country on March 8.

With 1,235 new infections the country’s total caseload stood at 512,496, said the Directorate General of Health Services.

So far, 3,2143,44 tests have been carried out. The overall infection rate stood at 15.94 % and the death rate at 1.47

However, 456,070 patients – 88.99% – have so far recovered.

Bangladesh is seeing 3,009.26 infections, 2,677.93 recoveries and 44.22 deaths per million.

The country’s infection number reached the 5,00000-mark on December 20. The first death was reported on March 18 and the death toll exceeded 7,000 on December 12.

The government has been warning of a second wave of Covid-19 in winter and urging people to follow health safety measures. It has also adopted a “no mask, no service” policy.

Bangladesh will get Covid-19 vaccines for around 4.5 crore people by May-June next year, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said recently.

“We will get 3 crore doses of vaccine for 1.5 crore people at the end of January or early February next year and 6 crore doses for 3 crore people by May-June.”

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Global Covid-19 situation

The global COVID-19 caseload reached 81.9 million on Wednesday amid reports of a new, more contagious coronavirus variant affecting a number of countries.

Data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU) put the caseload at 81,996,540 with 1,789,905 fatalities.

In the US, the worst-hit country, the infection tally topped 19.5 million, while the death toll climbed to 338,561.

AP reported that the first US case of the COVID-19 variant that's been seen in the United Kingdom was discovered in Colorado, Governor Jared Polis announced Tuesday.

The variant was found in a man in his 20s who is in isolation southeast of Denver in Elbert County and has no travel history, state health officials said.

Scientists in the UK believe the variant is more contagious than previously identified strains. The vaccines being given now are thought to be effective against the variant, Colorado health officials said in a news release.

Brazil registered 1,111 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours till Tuesday, the highest daily count fatalities since October 3, when 1,307 people died, the Health Ministry said.

The death toll from COVID-19 nationwide has reached 192,681.

Meanwhile, 58,718 new cases were detected in the last 24 hours, the highest daily tally since Dec 17, bringing the nationwide caseload to 7,563,551.

The South American country has the third-largest COVID-19 outbreak in the world.

Meanwhile, India’s COVID-19 tally reached 10,244,852 while the death toll mounted to 148,439 as of Wednesday morning.

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