The overall number of global Covid cases has now crossed 275 million amid the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in several western countries.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 275,438,382 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,360,382 Tuesday morning.
The US has recorded 51,097,528 cases so far and more than 807,945 people have died from the virus in the country to date, the university data shows.
Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the US, accounting for 73% of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday, reported AP.
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Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus cases in the UK mounted to 11,518,116, while the total fatalities reached 147,722 according to figures released Tuesday.
Coronavirus infections are surging in Britain — up 60% in a week — as Omicron replaced Delta as the dominant variant, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said more new restrictions may have to be introduced to slow its spread.
Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January, registered 22,215,856 cases as of Tuesday, while its Covid death toll rose to 617,905.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 34,747,913 on Monday while the total death toll mounted to 477,554.
Moreover, 19 new cases from five states took the Omicron tally in India to 174 as of Tuesday.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh reported two more Covid-linked deaths, with the health authorities logging 260 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.
The detection of the new cases after testing 19,955 samples took the daily case positivity rate to 1.30 percent during the period, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the fresh numbers, the total fatalities rose to 28,050 while the caseload mounted to 15,81,343.
Of the 20 deaths recorded from December 13 to December, 19, 20 percent received Covid shots while 80 percent did not, the directorate said.
Both the latest deceased were men, aged between 61 and 70, one from Dhaka division and another from Rangpur.
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Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 percent during the period.
Besides, the recovery rate remained steady at 97.75 percent with the recovery of 236 more patients during the 24-hour period.
On December 9, Bangladesh again logged zero Covid-related death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was apparently showing signs of easing.
The country reported this year’s first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 along with 178 infections since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
Bangladesh reported the highest number of daily fatalities of 264 on August 5 this year, while the highest daily caseload was 16,230 on July 28 this year.