Bangladesh recorded 88 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours until Friday morning as the country grapples to tackle the second wave of the virus. The health authorities also reported 3,629 new cases, said the Directorate General of Health Services in a handout. The coronavirus death toll now stands at 10,869 with the mortality rate slightly rising to 1.47 percent after staying at 1.46 for the last two days. Meanwhile, the daily infection rate fell to 14 percent from Thursday’s 14.63 percent. Between April 16 and 19, the country recorded over 100 deaths breaking previous daily records. Bangladesh saw 91, 95 and 98 Covid-related deaths on April 20, 21 and 22 respectively. Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on the 18th of that month. Also read: Covid-19: Bangladesh sees 98 more deaths, 4014 new infections Health authorities have so far confirmed 739,703 cases. Among them, 647,674 people - 87.56 percent of all patients – have recovered.

The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 2 million Friday, crossing the threshold amid a vaccine rollout so immense but so uneven that in some countries there is real hope of vanquishing the outbreak, while in other, less-developed parts of the world, it seems a far-off dream.

Believe it or not, the global tally of COVID-19 cases is inching closer to 88 million.

The death toll from coronavirus in Bangladesh rose to 4,206 on Saturday with 32 new fatalities reported in the last 24 hours.

Coronavirus death toll in Bangladesh rose to 4,028 on Tuesday after the health authorities said 45 patients died of Covid-19.

Bangladesh’s confirmed coronavirus cases inched closer to 300,000 as the number of fatalities neared 4,000 on Monday.

Health authorities in Bangladesh on Sunday reported 1,973 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, which was the lowest since August 4 when 1,918 cases were detected across the country.  With the latest ones, the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country jumped to 2,94,598 in the 24th

India’s coronavirus death toll overtook Britain’s to become the fourth-highest in the world with another single-day record increase in cases Friday.

The health authorities on Wednesday announced the detection of 3,462  new coronavirus cases and 37 deaths within the last 24 hours.

The health authorities on Monday confirmed the detection of  3,099 new coronavirus patients in the span of 24 hours, raising the total number of cases to 90,619.