Amid concern over the new variants of Covid-19, the global Covid-19 cases is approaching 114 million despite widespread vaccination.

More than 80.7 million people have been found infected with the Covid-19 with 1.7 million fatalities on Monday, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the Finance Ministry and other relevant ministries and divisions to formulate another financial stimulus package keeping in mind the ‘second wave’ of Covid-19.

Covid-19 fatalities in Bangladesh rose to 7,359 with 30 more deaths recorded in 24 hours until Wednesday morning.

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 7,329 until early Tuesday with 17 more deaths in the past 24 hours.

Covid-19 fatalities in Bangladesh rose to 7,312  with 32 more deaths in 24 hours until Monday.

The death toll from Covid-19 rose to 7,129 in Bangladesh on Tuesday as health authorities reported 40 more deaths in 24 hours.

More than 72.8 million people have been infected with coronavirus globally and over 1.62 million of them died since the first cases were reported in December last year, according to data compiled by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

The health authorities in Bangladesh on Monday  reported 1,799 new Covid -19  cases in 24 hours, pushing the country’s total tally 492,332.   Besides, 37  more people died from the disease during the period, raising the death toll to 7,089.   The mortality rate was recordrd 1.44 percent, said the Directorate General of Health Services.

With the coronavirus situation worsening around the world, the overall number of Covid-19 cases topped 71.6 million on Sunday with more than 1.6 million deaths, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.