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The worldwide number of Covid-19 cases reached 79,406,417 and fatalities rose to 1,742,801 until early Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The infection tally in the US topped 18.6 million, while the death toll climbed to 329,097.
India confirmed 10,146,845 cases and 147,092 deaths until Friday. And Brazil’s case tally reached 7,423,945 and fatalities stood at 189,982.
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The Latin American country had the world’s second-highest Covid-19 death toll – only behind the US – and the third-largest caseload – surpassed only by the US and India.
Covid-19 in Bangladesh
Amid global alarm after detection of new strains of coronavirus in the UK and South Africa, Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 7,378 until Thursday with 19 more deaths.
The health authority also reported 1,234 new Covid-19 cases during the same period, taking the country’s total caseload to 506,102.
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The death rate stood at 1.46%, the Directorate General of Health Services said.
So far, 446,690 patients – 88.26 % – have recovered.
So far, 3,135,653 tests have been carried out, including 13,227 new ones. And the overall infection rate stood at 16.14 %.
Bangladesh is seeing 2,971.71 infections, 2,622.86 recoveries, and 43.32 deaths per million.
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The country reported its first cases on March 8. The 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.
Bangladesh will get Covid-19 vaccines for around 4.5 crore people by May-June next year, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said on Monday.
“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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