The world is grappling to contain the second outbreak of Covid-19 even with mass inoculations underway.
While the total caseload is fast nearing the grim milestone of 144 million, deaths from the virus have already topped three million, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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To be specific, the total caseload reached 143,503,705 while the fatalities climbed to 3,055,760 on Tuesday morning.
The US is the world's worst-hit country -- the North American nation has registered 31,862,076 cases and 569,407 deaths as of Thursday morning.
Besides, the Covid-19 death toll mounted to 381,475 in Brazil after 3,472 more patients died of the virus in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday.
Meanwhile, tests detected 79,719 new coronavirus cases, bringing the national count to 14,122,795, said the ministry.
A new wave of infections has been confronting the South American country, leading to a rise in hospitalisations, deaths and the collapse of a large part of the Brazilian public healthcare system.
Neighbouring India on Thursday recorded the world's highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases, with over three lakh fresh infections in the past 24 hours.
According to the Indian Health Ministry, as many as 3,15,660 cases and 2,091 deaths were registered in the country in 24 hours as of April 21 midnight.
Last week, India became the second worst-affected country in the world in terms of Covid cases.
Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh registered 95 more Covid-related deaths in 24 hours till Wednesday that pushed up the total number of fatalities to 10,683.
Besides, 4280 people were found to be infected with the virus during the period, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a handout.
On April 19, the country broke all the previous records of Covid-19 deaths, registering 112 fatalities.
Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on the 18th of that month.
Health authorities have so far confirmed 732,060 cases. Among them, 635,183 people -- 86.77 percent of all patients -- have recovered.
Vaccine drive
Last year, Bangladesh inked an agreement with the Serum Institute of India for acquiring 30 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
A countrywide inoculation drive was launched on February 7. So far, 57,29,147 people have received the first dose and 15,07,287 have got their second jab, according to official figures.
Amid growing calls for speeding up the inoculation programme, Bangladesh's vaccine supplier India has shifted from being a mass vaccine exporter to a major importer, after witnessing a record number of daily cases in the past couple of weeks.
Although Bangladesh is yet to receive its March consignment of five million doses, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said the jabs will arrive as promised by India.