The number of Covid-related deaths, registered worldwide in the past seven days, grew 30% compared to the previous seven-day period, reaching about 70,000, according to TASS calculations. The number of confirmed cases all over the globe stands at 3.7 million, compared to 3.5 million a week earlier. The pace of infection has intensified in various parts of the world. In the US, the number of confirmed cases registered daily more than tripled in the reported period, exceeding 60,000 daily. It may be the start of the fourth Covid-19 wave in the country. Indonesia and Malaysia have reached the peak of the outbreak with about 45,000 and 12,000 new cases registered daily. At the same time, the situation is worsening in other parts of Asia. Iran is now reporting about 25,000 confirmed cases daily – the country's all-time high since the start of the pandemic – and Turkey – almost 10,000 – twice as high as during the previous week. Read: Global Covid cases top 193 million New wave in Europe A new wave of the pandemic reached Europe, primarily its western regions. The daily number of confirmed cases almost doubled in Italy, to 5,500 cases per day, and the authorities have started to impose new restrictions. From early August, citizens will be allowed to visit cafes, gyms, museums and public events only if they obtained a "Covid passport," issued to vaccinated persons, convalescents and people with negative PCR tests. Similar measures have already been introduced in France, where the daily number of confirmed cases tripled since the previous week. On Thursday, more than 21,000 Covid-19 cases were registered in the country, the biggest single-day tally since early May. The UK has recorded the highest number of cases in Europe. In the past week, the country's daily case count exceeded 50,000 twice. Overall, about 320,000 people contracted the infection in the UK in the past week. The pace of the infection is growing in other European countries as well. For example, cases in Germany increased 45% in the past week compared to the previous week, and 20% in Spain. Read: Chinese COVID shot may offer elderly poor protection Fatalities spike The Covid-19 mortality is on the rise primarily in Asia, with Indonesia being hit hardest, registering about 1,300 deaths per day. Iran and Malaysia report about 200 Covid fatalities daily. However, mortality is declining in the majority of Latin American countries, which went through the second wave of the pandemic in spring and early summer. For example, Brazil is registering about 1,100 cases daily, the lowest number since February. Despite a sharp increase in cases, mortality remains low in European countries. However, the overall mortality from the novel coronavirus infection is now declining and currently stands at approximately 2.15%.

The global Covid-19 fatalities surged past 2.7 million Tuesday as the number of deaths rose for the first time in six weeks. The total death toll and cases now stand at  2,722,715 and 123,635,513, respectively, according to Johns Hopkins University. The US has so far registered 29,867,690 cases and 542,888 fatalities. India's Covid tally reached 11,646,081 on Tuesday. Besides, the fatalities climbed to 159,967. The number of daily active cases has been on the rise over the past few days, even as another wave of Covid-19 looms large in India. In January, the number of daily cases in the country came down to below 10,000. As many as 9,102 new cases were reported between January 25 and 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: Global Covid cases near 122 million Brazil on Monday said 1,383 more people died from the novel coronavirus disease in 24 hours, raising the national death toll to 295,425. According to the Ministry of Health, tests detected 49,293 new cases, bringing the nationwide count to 12,047,526. Brazil is one of the countries hardest hit by the virus worldwide in terms of both deaths and cases, second only to the United States. Since January, Brazil has experienced a new wave of infections, forcing several states and cities to step up social distancing measures. Also read: Global Covid cases top 121 million Situation in Bangladesh Bangladesh witnessed a big jump in the number of Covid-19 deaths and infections as health authorities recorded 30 more deaths and 2,809 new cases in 24 hours till Monday morning. With the new cases, Bangladesh saw the worst daily increase since January this year. The infection rate jumped to 11.19 percent, which was 10.29 percent a day before. Health experts said poor adherence to health safety rules is causing the quick surge in the virus infection rate in the country. The detection of its new variant has also become a cause of concern. Ten EU-returnees have so far been detected with the new strain of Covid-19 in Bangladesh, which was first reported in the UK, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on March 17. With the latest figures, the death toll from Covid-19 in Bangladesh have surged to 8,720 and the total infections to 573,687, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). A DGHS handout said the mortality rate in Bangladesh stood at 1.52 percent for the fourth consecutive day after remaining static at 1.53 percent over the past week. The coronavirus situation in Bangladesh is changing fast after showing a downtrend in both the death toll and new cases. On January 19, Bangladesh reported its virus infection rate atbjust 5 percent and at one stage it fell below 3 percent. The virus cases started soaring again on February 9. In Bangladesh, the DGHS media release says, 524,159 patients -- 91.37 percent --have so far recovered from the virus infection, including 1,754 in the past 24 hours. Bangladesh reported its first Covid-19 cases on March 8, 2020, while the first death on March 18 the same year. Meanwhile, the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive is on in the country. Bangladesh has vaccinated 4,840,969 people since it rolled out the drive on February 7.