While the death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 2,670,056, the total cases surged to 120,656,989, according to the latest data released by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

The US remains the world's worst-hit country, with 536,887 deaths and 29,547,242 cases, as per the data.

The Covid-19 death toll in the US topped 500,000 on February 22.

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The US toll is by far the highest reported in the world, accounting for 20 percent of the nearly 2.6 million coronavirus deaths globally, though the true numbers are thought to be significantly greater, in part because many cases were overlooked, especially early in the outbreak.

Brazil registered 2,841 Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours till Tuesday, a new record daily increase, raising the death toll to 282,127, according to the Ministry of Health.

The ministry also reported 83,926 new cases, bringing the national count to 11,603,535.

India has so far registered 11,409,831 cases and 158,856 deaths, followed by Mexico which has reported 195,119 deaths.

Situation in Bangladesh

As the coronavirus cases keep rising in Bangladesh, 26 more deaths and 1,719 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning, mounting concerns among people.

Bangladesh witnessed 26 deaths for the second consecutive day after the recent surge in infections.

With the latest figures, the Covid-19 fatalities climbed to 8,597 and the total infections to 560,887, according to a handout of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily infection rate slightly fell to 8.29 percent from 9.48 percent on Monday.

But the mortality rate remained static at 1.53 percent in the last four days, which was 1.54 percent in the past few weeks, the DGHS said.

The virus infection rate came down to below 5 percent on January 19 last. It even had come down below 3 percent. However, the infection rate soared again on February 9 as it increased to 5.13 percent.

The infection rate was 5.98 percent on February 10, 5.82 percent on February 11, 6.62 percent on February 12 and 6.26 percent on February 13.

Besides, 1,352 people recovered from the virus infections during the period. So far, 514,479 patients (91.73 percent) have recovered, according to the DGHS.

Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020, and the first death on March 18 in the same year.

Authorities have so far tested 4,303,994 samples, including 20,748 in the past 24 hours.

Vaccination drive in Bangladesh

Bangladesh launched its nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive on February 7.

By Tuesday, 4,580,351 people received the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The second dose has to be taken between 8 and 12 weeks of the first one.

The government is providing the vaccine for free. It signed an agreement with India's Serum Institute for acquiring 30 million doses of the vaccine.

The institute will provide five million doses every month between January and June.

Those who are 40 or above can register for getting the jab at www.surokkha.gov.bd as the on-spot registration system has been revoked.

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Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said the age limit for getting the vaccine will be revised once more doses are available in the country.