Bangladesh reported 15 more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Saturday morning. With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,038,315 according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,446 as no new fatalities were reported. The daily case test positivity increased to 2.96 percent from Friday’s 2.18 percent as 507 samples were tested. The recovery and death rates remained unchanged at 98.41 percent and 1.44 percent, respectively. Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 in 2021 and highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.  

Bangladesh registered thirteen more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Tuesday morning. With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,038,174, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,446 as no new fatalities were reported. The daily case test positivity dropped to 0.66 percent from Monday's 1.55 percent as 1969 samples were tested. Also read: Bangladesh records 9 more Covid cases However, the recovery and death rates remained unchanged at 98.40 percent and 1.44 percent, respectively. Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.  

The total number of recorded Covid-19 cases around the world has now surpassed 683 million. According to the latest global data, the total Covid-19 case count is 683,393,282, while the death toll reached 6,827,486 this morning. The US has reported 106,109,844 Covid-19 cases so far, while 1,153,816 people have died from the virus in the country — both highest counts globally. India logged 1,890 new coronavirus cases, the highest in 149 days, while the active cases increased to 9,433, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. Read: Covid-19 survivors are at high risk of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases: Study The country recorded 2,208 cases in a single day on October 28 last year. The death count has increased to 530,831 with seven deaths. According to the ministry data, the Covid-19 case tally was recorded at 44,704,147. Meanwhile, France and Germany have registered 39,758,771 and 38,338,298 Covid-19 cases so far, occupying the third and fourth positions in the world number-wise, and 165,534 and 170,493 people have died in the European countries, as per Worldometer. Read More: China to reopen to tourists, resume all visas Wednesday Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh Bangladesh reported seven more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Monday (March 27, 2023) morning. With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,038,008, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). However, the official death toll from Covid-19 remained unchanged at 29,445 as no new fatalities were reported in Bangladesh. Read More: Ignoring experts, China's sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives

A former Russian Orthodox monk, who denied that the coronavirus existed and defied the Kremlin, was handed a seven-year prison sentence Friday. Nikolai Romanov, 67, who was known as Father Sergiy until his excommunication by the Russian Orthodox Church, urged his followers to disobey the Russian government's lockdown measures and spread conspiracy theories about a global plot to control the masses. A court in Moscow convicted him of inciting hatred. His lawyer immediately announced plans to appeal. Romanov served as a police officer during Soviet times, but after quitting the ranks was convicted of murder, robbery and assault and sentenced to 13 years in prison. He became a monk after his release. When the coronavirus pandemic began, he denied its existence and denounced government efforts to stem the pandemic as “Satan’s electronic camp.” He spread long-debunked conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and described the vaccines developed against the virus as part of a global plot to control the masses via microchips. The monk chastised President Vladimir Putin as a “traitor to the Motherland” who was serving a Satanic “world government,” and denounced the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, and other top clerics as “heretics” who must be “thrown out.” Read more: China's Xi faces public anger over draconian 'zero COVID' Romanov urged followers to disobey the government’s lockdown measures and holed up at a monastery near Yekaterinburg that he founded. He had dozens of burly military veterans enforce his rules while the prioress and several nuns left. The Russian Orthodox Church stripped Romanov of his abbot’s rank for breaking monastic rules and later excommunicated him, but he rejected the rulings. Facing stiff resistance by hundreds of his supporters, church officials and local authorities hesitated for months until finally moving to evict Romanov and detain him. Romanov has been in custody since his arrest in December 2020. In November 2021, he was given a 3½-year sentence after being convicted of inciting suicidal actions through sermons in which he urged believers to “die for Russia,” and breaching freedom of conscience, accusations he denied. The seven-year sentence will run concurrently with the previous sentence.  

Bangladesh reported 13 more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. With the new number, the country's total caseload rose to 2,037,469, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Read more: US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,441 as no new fatalities were reported. The daily case test positivity dropped to 0.49 percent from Monday’s 0.56 percent as 2,657 samples were tested. The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.44 percent while the recovery rate rose to 97.74 percent. Read more: Covid-19: Bangladesh logs 11 more cases, zero death Bangladesh reported its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 in 2021 and daily fatalities of 264 on August 5 of the same year.

Sonamsjid land port authorities have taken additional cautionary measures to prevent the spread of Omicron BF.7, a new sub-variant of Covid-19. Following the instruction of the Director General of Health Services (DGHS) some additional measures have been taken to prevent the new sub-variant of Covid-19, said Dr. SM Mahmudur Rashid, civil surgeon of Chapainawabganj. Indian truck drivers and their helpers are being allowed to enter the country through the border after health screening, he added. Besides, the members of the medical teams are doing their routine works at the port, Rashid said. Earlier on Sunday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) issued an alert at airports, land ports and seaports as the new sub-variant BF.7 of Omicron was detected in China and India. It also asked the authorities concerned to take steps so that people, coming from those countries, go through tests and digital thermal scanner and thermometer are used at the entry points of the country. Meanwhile, four returnees from China were sent to isolation after they tested positive for Covid-19 at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka Monday (December 26) afternoon.      

Bangladesh reported 19 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,036,967, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Read more: Govt starts administering 2nd booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine in Bangladesh However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,438 as no new fatalities were reported. The daily case test positivity dropped to 0.75 percent from Monday’s 0.85 percent percent as 2,354 samples were tested during the period. The mortality rate and the recovery rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and at 97.54 percent, respectively. Read more: Bangladesh built fast response capabilities for influenza, other respiratory infection using lessons learned from Covid-19: WHO In November, the country reported 10 Covid-linked deaths and 1,345 cases. Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.

Bangladesh reported 20 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,036,845, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Read more: China students return home amid COVID travel spread fears However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,437 as no new fatalities were reported. The daily case test positivity rose to 0.69 percent from Monday's 0.64 percent as 2,895 samples were tested during the period. The mortality and recovery rates remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and 97.53 percent, respectively. Read more: Covid-19: Bangladesh reports another death, 19 cases In November, the country reported 10 Covid-linked deaths and 1,345 cases. Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.

Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death and 313 cases in 24 hours till this morning (September 6, 2022). With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,329 and caseload to 2,013,407, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate rose to 6.71 percent from Monday's 6.68 percent as 4,662 samples were tested. Read: Onset of northern winter could see spike in Covid hospitalisations, deaths: WHO The latest deceased was a man from Dhaka division. The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent while the recovery rate dropped to 97.23 percent. In August, the country reported 32 Covid-linked deaths and 6,689 cases. Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.

The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 600 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world. According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 600,358,815 and the death toll reached 6,470,926 on Sunday morning. The United States has the highest cumulative number of confirmed cases and deaths, both accounting for nearly 16 percent of the world's total. The US has recorded 95,331,020 cases so far and 1,065,555 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows. The United States is followed by India and Brazil, which have recorded cases exceeding 44 million and 34 million respectively, as well as 527,289 and 682,560 deaths. India reported 13,272 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,327,890, according to federal health ministry data released on Saturday morning, Saturday's new cases marked a decrease in comparison to the daily caseload of Friday which was 15,754. The country also logged 36 related deaths during the past 24 hours, pushing the death toll to 527,289 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said. Read: WHO: World coronavirus cases fall 24%; deaths rise in Asia In terms of the World Health Organization (WHO) regional offices, Europe and the Americas have so far reported more than 209 million and 151 million confirmed cases, as well as 1,964,786 and 2,711,779 deaths, respectively, reports Xinhua. The two regions combined account for over 72 percent of the world's total in confirmed cases and over 75 percent of deaths. As the weekly numbers of new COVID-19 cases and deaths have continued to decline according to the WHO statistics, the agency said on Wednesday that the pandemic remains a public health emergency of international concern, advising countries to be prepared to scale up COVID-19 response rapidly. Covid in Bangladesh Bangladesh reported zero Covid death and 100 new cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning. While the country's total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,315, the new cases took the caseload to 2,009,797, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate increased to 4.42 per cent from Friday’s 3.32 per cent as 2,265 samples were tested. The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent and the recovery rate rose to 97.19 per cent from Friday’s 97.18 per cent.