The total caseload across the globe stood at 83,959,994, with 1,827,176 fatalities, as of Saturday morning.

In the US, the death toll stood at 347,787 as of Saturday morning, with 20,128,359 people being infected with the virus, according to JHU data.

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The confirmed coronavirus cases in the US topped 20 million on Friday as the discovery of a highly contagious new virus strain in the country increased pressure on the government to speed up the vaccination process, reports Xinhua.

The country, which makes up about 4 percent of the world's population, now accounts for nearly one-quarter of over 83.8 million cases and 19 percent of 1.8 million deaths reported worldwide, according to the data.

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It took 292 days for the US to reach its first 10 million cases, but only 54 more days for the figure to double.

Brazil's Covid death toll reached 195,411 after 462 more patients died in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said Friday.

Meanwhile, tests detected 24,605 new cases, bringing its total to 7,700,578.

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While Brazil celebrated New Year without festivities and fireworks amid the ravaging pandemic, local authorities were still struggling to prevent the public from flocking to beaches on January 1.

In neighboring India, the total cases reached 10,286,709 as of Saturday morning, with 148,994 fatalities.

Situation in Bangladesh

Bangladesh recorded 17 new deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours till Friday morning, pushing up the national tally to 7,576.

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“The mortality rate is 1.47 percent while the recovery rate is 89.15 percent,” the Directorate General of Health Services said in a handout.

With 990 new cases, the caseload now stands at 514,500, of which 4,58,656 have recovered -- 1,197 in the past 24 hours.

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The government has been warning of a second wave of infection in the winter and urging people to properly follow the health protocols.

Bangladesh confirmed its first Covid-19 cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18. So far, 3,239,701 tests have been conducted, including 12,103 in the past 24 hours.