India recorded a single day spike of 103,558 COVID-19 cases on Monday, the highest so far, thus taking the total tally to 12,589,067. With 478 deaths since Sunday morning, the death toll stood at 165,101. There are still 741,830 active cases in the country, while 11,682,136 people have been discharged so far from hospitals after medical treatment. Also Read: India records highest spike of daily COVID-19 cases this year There was an increase of 50,233 active cases during the past 24 hours, out of which maximum cases were reported from the southwestern state of Maharashtra. The number of daily active cases has been on the rise over the past few days, as another wave of COVID-19 looms large in India. In January the number of daily cases in the country went down to below-10,000. As many as 9,102 new cases were reported on Jan. 25-26, which was the lowest in the previous 237 days. Prior to that the lowest number of daily new cases were 9,304 registered on June 4, 2020. Also Read: India's COVID-19 tally rises to 11,599,130 with nearly 44,000 new cases . India launched a nationwide vaccination drive on Jan. 16. So far 79,105,163 people have been vaccinated across the country. Meanwhile, the federal government has ramped up COVID-19 testing facilities across the country, as over nearly 249 million tests have been conducted so far. As many as 249,019,657 tests have been conducted till Sunday, out of which 893,749 tests were conducted on Sunday alone, said the latest data issued by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday. The national capital Delhi, which has been one of the most COVID-19 affected places in the country, witnessed as many as 4,033 new cases and 21 deaths through Sunday. As many as 11,081 people have died in the city due to COVID-19, confirmed the Delhi health department. Two types of vaccines are being administered to the people in India.   

 The Covid situation is worsening around the world with each passing day. In fact, the overall number of corona cases has now surpassed 128 million. Whilr the total case count reached 128,144,389, the death toll from the virus mounted to 2,802,066 on Wednesday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University. Also Read: Global Covid-19 cases surge past 127 million The US, which remains the worst hit country both in terms of cases and deaths, has so far recorded 30,393,028 cases and 550,955 deaths, as per the university data. Brazil on Tuesday registered the highest daily count of 3,780 Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, the country's ministry of health said. The latest figure has raised the nationwide death toll to 317,646 since Brazil's first case was detected on February 26, 2020. Also Read: Global Covid-19 cases top 126.6 million In addition, 84,494 new cases have been recorded, bringing the national count to 12,658,109. Brazil is currently one of the countries hardest hit by Covid-19 worldwide in terms of both deaths and infections, second only to the United States. Currently, the country is seeing 6,023 cases with 151 deaths per 100,000 citizens. India has registered 12,095,855 cases as of Wednesday morning, with 162,114 deaths, as per the official data. Situation in Bangladesh Coronavirus fatalities in Bangladesh rose to 8994 on Tuesday after health authorities recorded 45 more deaths in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning. Besides, 5,042 more people were diagnosed with coronavirus, pushing up the total caseload to 6,05,937, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in a handout. The cases were reported after testing of 26,620 samples, the handout said. It said the infection rate jumped to 18.94 percent on Tuesday from 18.38 percent on Monday. However, the mortality rate slipped slightly to 1.48 percent. During the 24-hour period, 2,162 coronavirus patients recovered, taking the total number of recovered patients to 54,0180. Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020, and the first death on March 18 the same year. In the wake of a fresh surge in the Covid-19 infections, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Monday issued an 18-point directive in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus in Bangladesh. "The Health Ministry has also proposed partial lockdowns for some places with higher coronavirus transmission rates," Health Minister Zahid Maleque said Monday. Partial lockdown, closure of amusement centres, picnic spots, religious gatherings, limiting wedding ceremonies, strengthening quarantine system, limiting passengers in public transport, and limiting attendance in offices are some of the recommendations. The ministry has also proposed ensuring a ‘no mask, no service’ policy, increasing the number of mobile courts and imposing fines on health guideline violators. Bangladesh on Monday recorded its highest-ever single day infection (5,181) since the first cases were reported on March 8 last year. 

Fifteen more people died of Covid-19 and 292 others got infected by the deadly virus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till 8 am on Sunday.