The overall number of global Covid-19 cases is gradually nearing 631 million.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 630,870,984 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,574,212 on Wednesday morning.
The US has recorded 98,907,747 cases so far, while 1,091,086 people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around the world.
India recorded 1,542 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, taking the tally to 44,632,430 in the country, according to the federal health ministry data released on Tuesday.
The country also logged eight related deaths in 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll to 528,913 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.
Meanwhile, Malaysia reported 1,873 new Covid-19 infections as of midnight Tuesday, bringing the national total to 4,870,275, according to the health ministry.
Three new deaths have been reported, pushing the death toll to 36,426.
Covid in Bangladesh
Bangladesh reported six more Covid-linked deaths and 287 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
The country's total fatalities rose to 29,408 with the new deaths and the new cases raised the total caseload to 2,033,119, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case test positivity rate rose to 6.97 per cent from Monday’s 6.92 per cent as 4,120 samples were tested during the period.
Among the latest deceased, five were men and another was a woman and they were from Dhaka, Chattogram, Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 per cent and the recovery rate rose to 97.16 per cent.
In September, the country reported 40 Covid-linked deaths and 13,251 cases.
Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and its highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.