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Covid-19 claimed 2,404 lives in April alone in Bangladesh, the cruellest  month for the country since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. Of the total 11,450 coronavirus-related deaths reported until April 30, 2,404 or 20.99 percent alone were recorded in the previous month. During the last one month, 147,837  infections were officially registered, according to the handout of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). As the virus continues its onslaught, 568 people lost their lives in January this year, 281 in February and 638 in March. Dhaka division remains the worst-hit region, registering most of the deaths – 6,714 or 58.33%. According to the DGHS handout, Bangladesh broke all previous records of Covid-19 deaths registering 112 fatalities in a 24-hour period on April 19. On April 7, the country recorded its highest single-day cases of 7,626. It witnessed over 100 deaths during April 16-19 and on April 25. The country is passing through a ‘strict’ lockdown since April 14 but  people are still indifferent towards health guidelines and safety rules. Also read: FM to join China-led virtual meeting on vaccine cooperation The government later extend the ongoing lockdown till May 5. Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh The death toll from Covid-19 hit 11,510 in Bangladesh on Saturday as the country logged 60 more fatalities in 24 hours until Saturday morning, as all efforts to stop the pandemic have apparently gone in vain. However, the country reported new cases of 1,452 during the 24-hour period ending at 8am, which was said to the lowest daily count in 48 days. The overall infection tally reached 760,584 with the new cases and the positivity rate fell to 9.61% from Friday's 10.34%. But the death rate remained unchanged at 1.51%, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The country's infection rate came down below 10% on Thursday after over a month, as it reported a 7.68% infection rate on March 17 and it rose to 10.45% the following day. Since then, the infection rate began an upward march. Also read: Bangladesh approves local production of Russian, Chinese Covid vaccines Bangladesh on Friday reported its single-day Covid-19 death toll of 57, the lowest in 25 days. According to the DGHS, 684,671 infected people have recovered from the disease so far and 3,245 of them in the past 24 hours.  

 

The global Covid-19 cases reached 105.7 million as of Sunday, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

The global COVID-19 caseload reached 81.9 million on Wednesday amid reports of a new, more contagious coronavirus variant affecting a number of countries.

The number of globally confirmed Covid-19 cases crossed 77.9 million on Wednesday with 1,715,945 fatalities, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

Countries and regions around the world have recorded more than 72 million Covid-19 cases with over 1.61 million fatalities since it was first reported in China about a year ago, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.  

A total of 68.8 million people have been infected with coronavirus globally and over 1.5 million of them died, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).   The global caseload stood at 68,848,383 with 1,568,734 fatalities on Thursday.   The United States recorded 15,384,264 cases as of Thursday morning with 289,257 deaths.   The total number of Covid-19 cases in the US topped 15 million on Tuesday.   With an additional 49 deaths reported on Wednesday, the death toll from the coronavirus in Washington state has surpassed 3,000, according to state health officials, reports AP.   Since the pandemic began, 3,016 people in Washington have died from the virus that causes COVID-19, according to the state Department of Health. The total number of confirmed cases in the state is now nearing 190,000, officials said.   India's Covid-19 tally reached 9,735,850 on Thursday while the death toll mounted to 141,360 according to the JHU data.   Brazil has recorded the world's second-highest COVID-19 death toll, after the United States, and the third-largest caseload, after the United States and India.   The country registered on Thursday 53,453 new cases, raising the nationwide tally to 6,728,452, the Health Ministry said.   Meanwhile, 836 deaths were recorded over the past 24 hours, taking the national count to 178,995.   Infections have been reported in more than 191 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

The total number of global coronavirus cases exceeded 62.6 million on Monday, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Globally, more than 59 million cases of coronavirus were reported until Tuesday morning, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

Over 54 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed around the world while the global death toll surged to 1,316,502 on Monday.