The global corona caseload has now topped 186.4 million as the second wave of the Covid pandemic continues its onslaught across the world amid rapid inoculation efforts. The total caseload and fatalities from the virus stand at 186,405,992 and 4,024,869, respectively, as of Sunday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). So far, 3,413, 404, 520 Covid vaccine doses have been administered across the globe, as per the university data. The US has logged 33,847, 474 cases and 607,135 deaths to date, according to the university data. The death toll in the United States is the highest in the world. Read: 1200-bed Covid dedicated hospital to be set up in BSMMU Brazil registered 1,205 more Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its national death toll to 532,893, the health ministry said Saturday. As many as 48,504 new cases were detected, taking the total caseload to 19,069,003, the ministry said. India's Covid-19 tally rose to 30,795,716 on Saturday as 42,766 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data. Besides, 1,206 deaths due to the pandemic since Friday morning took the total death toll to 407,145. Situation in Bangladesh Passing through a catastrophic phase of Covid-19 pandemic, Bangladesh reported 185 more coronavirus-related deaths and 8,772 new cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning. Read:Covid claims 46 more lives in Khulna division, say officials The new numbers pushed the country’s death tally to 16,189 while the caseload to 10,09,315, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Bangladesh already crossed the 1-million mark of Covid cases on Thursday. Bangladesh has been seeing above 10,000 Covid cases on average for the last seven days as the second wave of the Coronavirus continues to play havoc. Vaccination drive The government has so far approved the emergency use of Oxford-AstraZeneca, Sinopharm (China), Sputnik-V (Russia), Pfizer-BioNTech (USA/Germany), Crona Vac (China) and Janssen single-dose vaccines. Amid the deteriorating coronavirus situation, the government resumed the countrywide mass registration for receiving Covid-19 jabs on July 8, which remained suspended for around three months as vaccine procurement became unsure. Read:Covid onslaught in Bangladesh continues; 185 more die Bangladesh is currently administering the doses of Sinopharm vaccine and Pfizer BioNTech vaccine and also the second dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. As of now, 162,513 people received the first dose of China’s Sinopharm vaccine, and 2,237 have received the second dose of it. Meanwhile, 15,698 people have received the first jab of Pfizer vaccine, including 5,925 in the past 24 hours. Of the Astrazeneca vaccine doses, 4,294,911 received the second shot and 5,820,023 the first one so far.

The country’s coronavirus caseload swelled to 600,895 on Monday after the health authorities recorded 5,181 new cases in 24 hours until the morning. Along with the high number of cases, 45 coronavirus-related deaths were also recorded, pushing the death tally to 8,949, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in a handout. Also read: No risk of contracting Covid-19 due to vaccination: DGHS The latest cases were reported after testing 28,195 samples. The infection rate jumped to 18.38 percent on Monday from 17.65 percent on Sunday. However, the death rate stands at 1.49 percent. During this 24-hour period, 2,077 coronavirus patients recovered. So far, 538,018 patients have made recoveries. Also read:Covid-19 vaccine not a 'silver bullet': WHO Twenty-eight people died in Dhaka Division, six in Chattogram, five in Rajshahi, three in Khulna and one each in Barishal, Mymensingh and Rangpur.

Bangladesh’s daily coronavirus infection rate fell to 2.65 percent on Thursday as the country ramps up vaccination drive and awareness campaigns.

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 7,966 on Thursday after the health authorities confirmed 16 more coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours until morning.