The overall number of Covid cases has surged past 575 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 575,154,225 and the death toll reached 6,403,161Monday morning.
The US has recorded 92,194,892 cases so far and 1,051,996 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
After reporting over 21,000 daily cases for three straight days, India's daily COVID-19 caseload came down to 20,279 on Sunday, officials said.
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According to federal health ministry data released on Sunday morning, the 20,279 new cases reported during the past 24 hours took the total tally to 43,888,755 in the country.
The cases reported on Sunday mark a decrease in comparison to the daily caseload of Saturday which was 21,411.
The country also logged 36 related deaths during this period, which has pushed the overall death toll to 526,033 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.
Covid situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh recorded four more Covid-19-linked deaths with 430 new cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning.
With the latest figures, the country's total fatalities reached 29,266 while the caseload to 2,001,775, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case positivity rate dropped to 7.04 per cent from Saturday’s 10.10 per cent as 6,114 samples were tested.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 per cent. The recovery rate rose to 96.71 per cent from Saturday's 96.67 per cent.