Global Covid cases near 610 million

The overall number of Covid cases is approaching 610 million although the cases and the deaths have continued to decline around the globe.

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 609,891,484 while the death toll reached 6,502,640 on Sunday morning.

The US has recorded 96,616,505 cases so far and 1,072,930 people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around the world.

India‍‍`s daily COVID-19 caseload Saturday increased to 7,219, taking the total tally to 44,449,726, according to the federal health ministry‍‍`s data released on Saturday.

The cases reported on Saturday mark an increase in comparison to the daily caseload of Friday (6,168)

The country also logged 33 new related deaths, pushing the overall death toll to 527,965 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.

In terms of World Health Organization (WHO) regional offices, Europe and the Americas have so far reported more than 248 million and 175 million confirmed cases, as well as 2,077,355 and 2,817,530 deaths, respectively. The two regions combined account for over 70 percent of the world‍‍`s total confirmed cases and over 75 percent of deaths.

Though the weekly numbers of new COVID-19 cases and deaths have continued to decline, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last week that the world had passed "the tragic milestone of one million reported deaths so far this year.

" He added, "We cannot say we are learning to live with COVID-19 when one million people have died with COVID-19 this year alone, when we are two-and-a-half years into the pandemic and have all the tools necessary to prevent these deaths."

Covid in Bangladesh

Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death and 155 cases in the 24 hours till Saturday morning. With the new number, the country‍‍`s total fatalities rose to 29,327 and caseload to 2,012,531, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)

The daily case test positivity rate rose to 6.51 per cent from Friday’s 5.68 per cent as 2382 samples were tested.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent. However, the recovery rate decreased to 97.24 per cent from Friday’s 97.25 per cent.