The overall number of Covid cases has now surpassed 559 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 559,664,296 and the death toll from the virus reached 6,371,439 Saturday morning.

The US has recorded 90,273,079 cases so far and 1,045,740 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.

India recorded 18,815 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, taking the total tally to 43,585,554, showed data released by the federal health ministry on Friday.

A total of 379,470 Covid tests were conducted across the country in the past 24 hours, added the ministry.

Besides, 38 more deaths due to the pandemic since Thursday morning took the death toll to 525,343.

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Covid in Bangladesh

Bangladesh registered seven more Covid-linked deaths with 1,611 cases in 24 hours till Friday morning amid a rapid surge in new infections.

The fresh numbers took the country's total caseload to 1,988,101 and the fatalities to 29,195, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case positivity rate slightly rose to 16.82 per cent from Thursday’s 16.54 per cent as 9, 597 samples were tested during the period, said the DGHS.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.47 per cent. The recovery rate declined to 96.14 per cent from Thursday’s 96.17 per cent.