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Covid-19 in Bangladesh: 33 new cases reported in 24 hrs
Bangladesh reported 33 Covid cases in 24 hours until Sunday morning which took the total caseload to 1,953,012.
With no new Covid death reported during the period for the 25th consecutive day, the total fatalities from the pandemic remained unchanged at 29,127.
The daily test positivity rate increased to 0.85 per cent from Saturday's 0.55 per cent as 3,884 samples were tested, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Also read: North Korea reports 15 more suspected COVID-19 deaths
On Saturday, the number of cases was lower as only 22 new cases were reported.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent. The recovery rate rose to 97.26 per cent as 269 patients recovered during this period.
In April, the country reported only five Covid-linked deaths and 1,114 new cases, while 14,100 patients recovered from the disease, according to the DGHS.
Among the five deaths during the period, two were unvaccinated patients while three were vaccinated with two doses of the Covid vaccine.
The country reported its first zero Covid death in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 cases, since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.
Also read: Covid-19 in Bangladesh: 22 new cases reported in 24 hrs
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest positivity rate of 33.37 per cent.
The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.
India records 2,841 new COVID-19 cases, 9 more deaths
India's COVID-19 tally rose to 43,116,254 on Friday, as 2,841 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data.
Over 36 percent of the cases were reported from Delhi, where there are 4,928 active cases with the positivity rate standing at 3.64 percent.
Besides, nice deaths from the pandemic registered across the country since Thursday morning took the total death toll to 524,190.
Also Read: India COVID-19 tally rises to-26,530,132 daily deaths fall below 4000
There are still 18,604 active COVID-19 cases in the country with a fall of 463 active cases during the past 24 hours.
So far, 42,573,460 people have been successfully cured and discharged from hospitals, of whom 3,295 were discharged during the past 24 hours.
Global Covid cases near 520 million
The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 520 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 519,991,591 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,259,954 Friday morning.
The US has recorded 82,325,687 cases so far and 999,125 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
Also read: WHO: COVID-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,116,600 Friday, with 3,187 new cases registered in 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's latest data. The total death toll stands at 524,181.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh reported 51 Covid cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning which took the total caseload to 1,952,939.
With no new Covid deaths reported during the period for the 22nd consecutive day, the total fatalities from the pandemic remained unchanged at 29,127.
The daily test positivity rate slightly dropped to 0.51 per cent from Wednesday's 0.53 per cent as 5,697 samples were tested, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
On Wednesday, the number of cases was lower as 33 new cases were reported.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent. The recovery rate rose to 97.22 per cent as 291 patients recovered during this period.
Also read: Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 51 cases, no death
In April, the country reported only five Covid-linked deaths and 1,114 new cases, while 14,100 patients recovered from the disease, according to the DGHS.
N. Korea reports 6 deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreak
North Korea said Friday that six people died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across the nation, a day after its first acknowledgement of a COVID-19 outbreak.
The true scale is unclear, but a big COVID-19 outbreak could be devastating in a country with a broken health care system and an unvaccinated, malnourished population. North Korea, which likely doesn’t have sufficient COVID-19 tests and other medical equipment, said it didn't know the case of the mass fevers.
The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said of the 350,000 people who developed fevers since late April, 162,200 have recovered. It said 18,000 people were newly found with fever symptoms on Thursday alone, and 187,800 people are being isolated for treatment.
One of the six people who died was confirmed infected with the omicron variant, KCNA said, but it wasn’t immediately clear how many of the total illnesses were COVID-19.
Also read: North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak, Kim orders lockdown
North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday after acknowledging a COVID-19 outbreak for the first time in the pandemic. Those reports said tests from an unspecified number of people came back positive for the omicron variant.
It’s possible that the spread of the virus was accelerated by a massive military parade in Pyongyang on April 25, where North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took center stage and showcased the most powerful missiles of his military nuclear program in front of tens of thousands.
Cheong Seong-Chang, an analyst at South Korea’s Sejong Institute, said the pace of the fever's spread suggests the crisis could last months and possibly into 2023, causing major disruption in the poorly equipped country.
Some experts say the North’s initial announcement communicates a willingness to receive outside aid. It previously shunned vaccines offered by the U.N.-backed COVAX distribution program, possibly because they have international monitoring requirements.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, said the South was willing to provide medical assistance and other help to North Korea based on humanitarian considerations.
KCNA said Kim was briefed about the fever when he visited the emergency epidemic prevention headquarters on Thursday and criticized officials for failing to prevent “a vulnerable point in the epidemic prevention system.”
He said the spread of the fever has been centered around capital Pyongyang and nearby areas and underscored the importance of isolating all work, production and residential units from one another while providing residents with every convenience during the lockdown.
“It is the most important challenge and supreme tasks facing our party to reverse the immediate public health crisis situation at an early date, restore the stability of epidemic prevention and protect the health and wellbeing of our people,” KCNA quoted Kim as saying.
North Korea's claim of a perfect record in keeping out the virus for two and a half years was widely doubted. But South Korean officials have said North Korea had likely avoided a huge outbreak until now, in part because it instituted strict virus controls almost from the start of the pandemic.
Also read: North Korea raises alarm after confirming 1st COVID-19 case
Describing its anti-coronavirus campaign as a matter of “national existence,” North Korea had severely restricted cross-border traffic and trade and is even believed to have ordered troops to shoot on sight any trespassers who cross its borders.
The border closures further battered an economy already damaged by decades of mismanagement and crippling U.S.-led sanctions over its nuclear weapons and missile program, pushing Kim to perhaps the toughest moment of his rule since he took power in 2011.
Hours after confirming the outbreak Thursday, North Korea launched three short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea, South Korea and Japan said, in what possibly was a show of strength after Kim publicly acknowledged the virus outbreak. It was the North’s 16th round of missile launches this year.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the United States supported international aid efforts but doesn’t plan to share its vaccine supplies with the North.
“We do continue to support international efforts aimed at the provision of critical humanitarian aid to the most vulnerable North Koreans, and this is, of course, a broader part of the DPRK continuing to exploit its own citizens by not accepting this type of aid,” Psaki said Thursday in Washington, referring to North Korea by its formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
“It’s not just vaccines. It’s also a range of humanitarian assistance that could very much help the people and the country and instead they divert resources to build their unlawful nuclear and ballistic missiles programs.”
Covid-19: Bangladesh sees zero death for 19th straight day
No Covid-related death was reported in Bangladesh in 24 hours until Monday morning.
With this, the country witnessed zero Covid death for the 19th consecutive day and the total fatalities from the pandemic remained unchanged at 29,127.
Thirty new Covid cases were recorded during the period which took the total caseload to 1,952,829.
Read: Global Covid cases top 517 million
The daily test positivity rate slightly dropped to 0.40 per cent from Sunday's 0.41 per cent as 7,413 samples were tested, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
On Sunday, the number of cases was lower as 23 new cases were reported.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 percent. The recovery rate rose to 97.18 percent as 272 patients recovered during this period.
In April, the country reported only five Covid-linked deaths and 1,114 new cases, while 14,100 patients recovered from the disease, according to the DGHS.
Among the five deaths during the period, two were unvaccinated patients while three were vaccinated with two doses of the Covid vaccine.
Read: Bangladesh ranks top among the countries to receive free Covid vaccine from WHO: Health minister
The country reported its first zero Covid death in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 cases, since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest positivity rate of 33.37 percent.
The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.
Covid: Bangladesh reports 19 new cases, no death
Bangladesh reported 19 Covid cases in the 24 hours until Friday morning which took its total caseload to 1,952,766.
With no new Covid deaths reported during this period the country's total fatalities from the pandemic remained unchanged at 29,127.
Also read:WHO estimates pandemic’s death toll in Bangladesh almost 5 times higher than official figures
The daily test positivity rate rose to 0.55 per cent from Thursday's 0.18 per cent as 3,456 samples were tested, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
On Thursday, the number of cases was lower as four cases and zero deaths were reported with the lowest positivity rate since the pandemic broke out here.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 percent. The recovery rate rose to 97.15 percent as 258 patients recovered during this period.
In April, the country reported only five Covid-linked deaths and 1,114 new cases, while 14,100 patients recovered from the disease, according to the DGHS.
Among the five deaths during the period, two were unvaccinated patients while three were vaccinated with two doses of the Covid vaccine.
Also read: Nearly 15M deaths associated with COVID-19: WHO
The country reported its first zero Covid death in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 cases, since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest positivity rate of 33.37 percent.
The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.
Global Covid cases near 505 million
The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 505 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 504,990,510 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,199,732 Tuesday morning.
The US has recorded 80,686,315 cases so far and 988,898 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,045,421 on Monday as 1,141 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry's data.
Also read: Bangladesh sees 2 Covid deaths after 7 days gap; New cases 36
Besides, 245 deaths due to the pandemic since Saturday morning took the death toll to 521,996.
Meanwhile, Shanghai authorities on Monday reported first three Covid-linked deaths in the latest outbreak in China.
All three people who died were elderly, had underlying diseases such as diabetes and hypertension and had not been vaccinated against the coronavirus, city Health Commission inspector Wu Ganyu told journalists, reported AP.
The death toll rose to 4,641, the number of people that China says has succumbed to the disease since the virus was first detected in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019.
China on Monday said 23,362 people had tested positive for the virus over the previous 24 hours, most of them showing no symptoms and almost all of them in Shanghai.
Also read: Shanghai reports 1st deaths from current COVID-19 outbreak
Covid Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has logged two more Covid-linked deaths with 36 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.
The country logged one Covid-linked death with 44 cases on April 11.
As per the latest government data, the country’s total fatalities stood at 29,126 while the caseload mounted to 19,52,362 with the new numbers.
The daily positivity rate slightly dropped to 0.67 per cent from Sunday’s 1.04 per cent after testing 5,407 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent.
The recovery rate rose to 96.87 per cent with the recovery of 355 more patients during the 24-hour period.
In March, the country reported 85 Covid-linked deaths and 8,000 new cases while 66,639 patients recovered from the disease, according to DGHS.
Among the 85 deaths during the period, 44 were unvaccinated patients, 11 were vaccinated with the first dose of Covid-19 jab, 28 with the second dose and two with the third dose.
Bangladesh sees 2 Covid deaths after 7 days gap; New cases 36
Bangladesh has logged two more Covid-19-linked deaths with 36 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.
The country logged one Covid-linked death with 44 cases on April 11.
As per the latest government data, the country’s total fatalities stood at 29,126 while the caseload mounted to 19,52 362 with the new numbers.
Also read: Shanghai reports 1st deaths from current COVID-19 outbreak
The daily positivity rate slightly dropped to 0.67 per cent from Sunday’s 1.04 per cent after testing 5,407 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent.
The recovery rate rose to 96.87 per cent with the recovery of 355 more patients during the 24-hour period.
In March, the country reported 85 Covid-linked deaths and 8,000 new cases while 66,639 patients recovered from the disease, according to DGHS.
Among the 85 deaths during the period, 44 were unvaccinated patients, 11 were vaccinated with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, 28 with the second dose and two with the third dose.
The country reported its first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 infections, since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest daily positivity rate at 33.37 per cent reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.
Also read: Bangladesh logs 51 Covid cases with zero death
Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on August 10 last year.
Global Covid cases top 502 million
The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 502 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 502,653,048 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,192,910 Friday morning.
The US has recorded 80,573,408 cases so far and 988,149 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
Also read: Bangladesh logs 35 Covid cases, no deaths
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,039,099 on Thursday, with 877 new cases registered in 24 hours across the South Asian country, showed the federal health ministry's data.
Besides, 36 deaths due to the pandemic since Wednesday morning took the total death toll to 521,772.
Covid Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh logged 35 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning, taking the total caseload to 19,52,197.
As per the latest government data, the country’s total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,124 as no deaths were reported during the period.
Also read: Fewer boys return to schools than girls after long Covid hiatus: Study
The daily positivity rate slightly dropped to 0.52 per cent after 6,704 samples were tested during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent.
The recovery rate rose to 96.82 per cent with the recovery of 205 more patients during the 24-hour period.
Global Covid cases near 500 million
The overall number of Covid cases is now nearing 500 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 499,748,065 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,181,560 Tuesday morning.
The US has recorded 80,449,398 cases so far and 985,826 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
Also read: India extends COVID-19 boosters to all adults; some must pay
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 43,036,928 on Monday with 796 new cases registered in 24 hours across the South Asian country, showed the federal health ministry's data.
Besides, 38 fatalities due to the pandemic reported since Sunday morning took the total death toll to 521,723.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh reported one Covid-linked death after seeing zero deaths for six consecutive days, with 44 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.
As per the latest government data, the country’s total fatalities rose to 29,124 while the caseload mounted to 19,52,109.
The daily positivity rate slightly declined to 0.71 per cent from Monday's 0.80 per cent after 6,234 samples were tested during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
On Sunday, the number of infections was lower as 42 new cases were reported with no death.
Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent.
Also read: Bangladesh logs one Covid death after six days, new cases 44
The recovery rate rose to 96.78 per cent with the recovery of 590 more patients during the 24-hour period.