The global Covid-19 caseload is now nearing the grim milestone of 207 million, as the highly contagious Delta variant continues to devastate several countries even though mass vaccination drives are underway.
The total caseload and fatalities from the virus stood at 206,662,675 and 4,353,058 respectively, as of Sunday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
So far, 4,645,965, 832 Covid vaccine doses have been administered across the globe, as per the university data.
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The US has logged 36,631,893 cases and 621,209 deaths to date, according to the JHU data. The death toll in the United States is the highest in the world.
Brazil currently has the world's second-highest pandemic death toll after the United States and the third-largest caseload after the United States and India.
The South American Country has reported 20,350,142 cases with 568,788 fatalities as of Sunday morning.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 32,156,493 on Saturday as 38,667 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.
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Besides, as many as 478 deaths due to the pandemic since Friday morning took the total death toll to 430,732.
Situation in Bangladesh
With Covid-19 vaccine jabs still remaining off the peak in Bangladesh, the country reported 178 more coronavirus-related deaths and 6,885 fresh infections in 24 hours till Saturday Morning.
The fresh numbers took the country’s death tally to 23,988 while the total cases mounted to 1,412,218, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The new infections were detected after testing 33,330 samples, bringing down the case positivity rate slightly to 20.66% from Friday’s 20.88%.
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Since the beginning of the vaccination programme, as many as 5,428,345 people have been fully vaccinated with Covid jabs while the government completed administering the first dose to 15,461,583 people, said the DGHS.
People in Bangladesh are now showing more interest in receiving Covid-19 vaccine shots as 31,828,492 have registered for the vaccination so far.
Getting vaccinated prevents severe illness, hospitalizations, and death; and with the Delta variant; this is more urgent than ever, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.