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Global Covid cases top 185 million
The second wave of the Covid pandemic continues its onslaught across the world amid speeding inoculation efforts. In fact, the global corona caseload has now topped 185 million.
The total caseload and fatalities from the virus stand at 185,489,255 and 4,009,084, respectively, as of Friday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
So far, 3,351,337,474 Covid vaccine doses have been administered across the globe, as per the university data.
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The US has logged 33,790, 114 cases and 606,468 deaths to date, according to the university data. The death toll in the United States is the highest in the world.
Brazil registered 1,733 more deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours, bringing the national death tally to 530,344, the health ministry said Thursday.
A total of 53,749 new infections were detected during the period, raising the total caseload to 18,962,786, the ministry said.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 30,743,013 on Thursday as 34,443 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, according to the federal health ministry.
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Besides, 470 deaths due to the pandemic since Wednesday morning pushed up the total death toll to 405,527.
Covid-19 was first detected in the city of Wuhan, China, in late 2019, but the outbreak spread quickly across the globe in the first two-three months of 2020.
It was declared a global pandemic by the WHO on 11 March 2020.
Situation in Bangladesh
As coronavirus is spreading in Bangladesh faster than ever, the country logged record-high 11,651 cases and 199 deaths in 24 hours till Thursday morning.
The grim number of cases came after the test of 36,850 samples during the period, which puts the country’s case positivity rate at 31.62%, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The new numbers took the country’s death toll to 15,792, while the caseload stood at 989,219.
Just a day before, the country counted the highest-ever 201 deaths from Covid-19, and record-high 11,525 cases on Tuesday.
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The country’s fatality rate remained static at 1.60% till Wednesday, said the DGHS.
So far, 856, 346 people have recovered from Covid, putting the recovery rate at 86.57%, which is declining unlike other indicators.
Global COVID-19 deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate
The global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 4 million Wednesday as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly contagious delta variant.
The tally of lives lost over the past year and a half, as compiled from official sources by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the number of people killed in battle in all of the world’s wars since 1982, according to estimates from the Peace Research Institute Oslo.
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The toll is three times the number of people killed in traffic accidents around the globe every year. It is about equal to the population of Los Angeles or the nation of Georgia. It is equivalent to more than half of Hong Kong or close to 50% of New York City.
Even then, it is widely believed to be an undercount because of overlooked cases or deliberate concealment.
With the advent of the vaccine, deaths per day have plummeted to around 7,900, after topping out at over 18,000 a day in January.
But in recent weeks, the mutant delta version of the virus first identified in India has set off alarms around the world, spreading rapidly even in vaccination success stories like the U.S., Britain and Israel.
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Britain, in fact, recorded a one-day total this week of more than 30,000 new infections for the first time since January, even as the government prepares to lift all remaining lockdown restrictions in England later this month.
Other countries have reimposed preventive measures, and authorities are rushing to step up the campaign to dispense shots.
At the same time, the disaster has exposed the gap between the haves and the have-nots, with vaccination drives barely getting started in Africa and other desperately poor corners of the world because of extreme shortages of shots.
The U.S. and other wealthy countries have agreed to share at least 1 billion doses with struggling countries.
The U.S. has the world’s highest reported death toll, at over 600,000, or nearly 1 in 7 deaths, followed by Brazil at more than 520,000, though the real numbers are believed to be much higher in Brazil, where President Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right government has long downplayed the virus.
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The variants, uneven access to vaccines and the relaxation of precautions in wealthier countries are “a toxic combination that is very dangerous,” warned Ann Lindstrand, a top immunization official at the World Health Organization.
Instead of treating the crisis as a “me-and-myself-and-my-country” problem, she said, “we need to get serious that this is a worldwide problem that needs worldwide solutions.”
Global Covid cases surpass 183 million
With the new variants of Covid-19 spreading faster than ever before in several nations, the global corona cases have now topped 183 million.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count and fatalities reached 183,015,891 and 3,962,894, respectively, on Saturday morning.
To date, 3,128,422,118 vaccine doses have been administered across the world.
The US, the world's worst-hit country in terms of cases and deaths, has so far logged 33,693,352 infections and 605,309 fatalities, respectively, as per the JHU data.
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Brazil registered 1,857 more deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 521,952, the health ministry said Friday.
A total of 65,165 new infections were detected during the period, raising the total caseload to 18,687,469, the ministry said.
India’s fatality toll reached 400,312, with 853 deaths in 24 hours, the federal government said on Saturday morning.
Besides, 46,617 new cases were reported during this period, pushing up the national tally to 30,458,251.
Situation in Bangladesh
As Covid-19 cases keep surging at a breakneck speed across Bangladesh, the country reported over 100 deaths for the sixth straight day on Friday.
The new number, 132 deaths, took the country's toll to 14,778. Bangladesh reported 143 deaths on Thursday, its highest-ever daily fatality from the pandemic, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
‘Dangerous period with Delta variant’
The head of the World Health Organization says the world is in “a very dangerous period” of the Covid-19 pandemic, noting the more contagious delta variant is identified in nearly 100 countries.
At a press briefing on Friday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the delta variant, first found in India, is continuing to evolve and mutate, and it is becoming the predominant Covid-19 virus in many countries.
“I have already urged leaders across the world to ensure that by this time next year, 70% of all people in every country are vaccinated,” he said, adding that would effectively end the acute phase of the pandemic.
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He noted three billion doses of Covid jabs have already been distributed and, “it’s within the collective power of a few countries to step up and ensure that vaccines are shared.”
Of the vaccine doses given globally, fewer than 2% have been in poorer countries.
Although rich countries, including Britain, the US, France and Canada, have pledged to donate 1 billion Covid-19 vaccines, WHO estimates 11 billion doses are needed to immunise the world.
Global Covid cases top 179 million
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to devastate countries across the world. The total caseload has now surged past 179 million.
In fact, the global case count and fatalities stand at 179,095,448 and 3,880,875, respectively, as of Wednesday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Some 2,687,585,977 doses of vaccine have been administered globally to date, as per the university data.
The US, which is the world's worst-hit country in terms of both cases and deaths, has so far logged 33,564,656 cases and 602,455 deaths, Johns Hopkins figures reveal.
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Neighbouring India is the second worst-hit country in the world in terms of infections. The country has so far recorded 29,977,861 cases with 389,302 deaths, according to the federal health ministry.
Brazil, which has the world's second-highest Covid-19 death toll, after the United States, has logged over 18 million cases to date.
On Tuesday, the country registered 87,822 new infections in 24 hours, pushing up the total caseload to 18,054,653.
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Meanwhile, 2,131 more deaths from Covid-19 were reported during the period, bringing the national death toll to 504,717, said the ministry.
Situation in Bangladesh
The Covid situation continues to worsen in Bangladesh, creating new hotspots outside Dhaka. On Tuesday, the country recorded 4,846 fresh cases in 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 19.36%.
Besides, the deadly virus claimed the lives of 76 more people during the period, taking the national tally to 13,702.
The fresh cases have pushed up the total caseload to 8,61,150, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
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However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.59%.
Vaccine rollout
Bangladesh on Monday started administering the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at three centers in Dhaka to fight off Covid.
On May 27, the government approved the emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine in the country.
Bangladesh on Saturday started administering the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine across the country.
The vaccination started across the country with 11 lakh doses of Sinopharm gifted by China, said the DGHS.
Bangladesh is now administering the first doses of the Sinopharm and Pfizer vaccines and also the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
As of now, 5,225 people have received the first dose of the China’s Sinopharm vaccine, including 1,505 in the past 24 hours.
Of the Astrazeneca vaccine doses, 4,273,325 have received the second shot and 5,820,015 the first one to date.
Global Covid cases top 171 million
Notwithstanding a drop in the number of fresh cases in several countries, the global Covid-19 tally topped 171 million on Wednesday.
The global caseload and fatalities currently stand at 171,034,625 and 3,557,281, respectively, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Some 1,931,508,270 doses of vaccine have been administered globally to date, as per the university data.
The US, which is the world's worst-hit country in terms of both cases and deaths, has so far logged 33,287,110 cases and 595,207 deaths, Johns Hopkins figures reveal.
India's Covid-19 tally rose to 28,175,044 on Tuesday, with 127,510 new cases reported in 24 hours, said the federal Health Ministry.
The daily spike of new cases in India has been falling over the past couple of weeks. The cases registered in a day have fallen to the lowest level in nearly two months.
Besides, 2,795 deaths were reported since Sunday morning, taking the death toll to 331,895, according to the Ministry.
Brazil on Tuesday reported 2,408 more deaths from Covid-19, taking the nationwide tally to 465,199, the Ministry of Health said.
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A total of 78,926 new infections have been detected in the country to date, raising the caseload to 16,624,480, the ministry said.
Brazil has the world's second-highest Covid-19 death toll after the United States, and the third-largest caseload after the United States and India.
Situation in Bangladesh
Amid a growing trend in both coronavirus infections and fatalities, Bangladesh on Tuesday logged 41 more deaths, pushing up the fatality toll to 12,660.
Besides, health authorities detected 1,765 new cases after testing 18,250 samples during the period.
With the new cases, the total caseload has risen to 8,02,305, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on the 18th of that month.
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Vaccine procurement
The first batch of 1.06 lakh doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Dhaka on Monday night under the global vaccine initiative Covax.
On May 27, the Directorate General of Drug Administration approved the emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine.
So far, four vaccines – Oxford-AstraZeneca (Covishield), Sputnik-V, Sinopharm, and Pfizer-BioNTech – have got emergency use authorisation in Bangladesh.
The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase on May 27 gave the final approval to a proposal of the Health and Family Welfare Ministry to procure 1.5 crore Chinese Sinofarm Covid-19 vaccine.
As per the approval, the Health Services Division under the Health and Family Welfare Ministry will procure a total of 15 million (1.5 crore) vaccine doses in three months—June, July and August.
Vaccination drive
Bangladesh launched its vaccination drive on February 7 with Oxford-AstraZeneca doses acquired from India's Serum Institute.
The administration of the first dose of the vaccine has, however, remained suspended since April 26.
Also, the country, the prime recipient of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, has suspended the registration for Covid-19 jabs due to vaccine shortage amid a delay in arrival of shipments from India.
Global Covid-19 cases cross 170 million mark
With the new variants of Covid-19 spreading faster than ever before in several nations, the global corona cases have now topped 170 million.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count and fatalities surged to 170,188,075 and 3,537,835, respectively, till Monday morning.
Until date, 1,864,810,057 (1.86 billion) vaccine doses have been administered across the world.
The US, the world's worst-hit country in terms of cases and deaths, has so far logged 33,258,623 infections and 594,430 fatalities, respectively, as per the JHU data.
Brazil on Sunday reported 874 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the national count to 461,931, the Ministry of Health said.
A total of 43,520 more infections were detected, raising the nationwide tally to 16,515,120, the ministry said.
Brazil has the world's second highest COVID-19 death toll, after the United States, and the third largest caseload, following the United States and India.
Meanwhile, India has recorded 27,894, 800 cases as of Monday morning, with 325,972 fatalities.
India’s hospitals are packed with Covid-19 patients and the shortage of oxygen is only intensifying the woes of patients and their relatives.
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Situation in Bangladesh
As the Covid-19 still remains grim in Bangladesh, it recorded 34 more Coronavirus-related deaths and 1,444 new cases in 24 hours until Sunday morning.
The latest figures pushed up the total fatalities to 12,583.
The new infections were detected after carrying out 14,277 sample tests, as the daily infection rate jumped above 10 percent once again.
Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on the 18th of that month.
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The government has extended the ongoing lockdown by another week until June 6 to stem the spread of Coronavirus.
On Sunday, the Cabinet Division issued a circular in this regard.
Vaccination Drive
Bangladesh kicked off its vaccination drive on February 7 with Oxford-AstraZeneca doses it acquired from the Serum Institute of India.
Bangladesh signed an agreement with Serum for 30 million doses. But a record number of cases in India has made the delivery of the doses uncertain.
However, DGHS DG Prof ABM Khurshid Alam has said that Bangladesh will get 2.1 million doses of the vaccine by early May.
In the past 24 hours, 38 people have received the first dose and 83,540 have received the second dose of Covid vaccine, according to the DGHS handout.
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So far, a total of 72,48,829 people have received the vaccine, of which 31,06709 got their second dose.
Global Covid cases near 166 million
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to devastate countries across the world. In fact, the overall number of corona cases is fast approaching 166 million.
The total caseload and fatalities stand at 165,881,422 and 3,438,678, respectively, as of Saturday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Some 1,599,442,473 vaccine doses have so far been administered across the world, as per the university data.
The US, which is the world’s worst-hit country in terms of cases and deaths, has logged 33,084,800 cases and 589,222 deaths to date.
India has so far registered 26,031,991 cases with 291,331 fatalities, according to the country's Health Ministry.
Brazil has the world's second highest Covid-19 death toll, after the United States, and the third-largest caseload after the United States and India.
The country on Friday reported 2,215 more deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours, raising the national count to 446,309, the Ministry of Health said.
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The ministry said that 76,855 more infections were detected during the period, raising the nationwide tally to 15,970,949.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh on Friday reported 26 more deaths in 24 hours, taking the country's fatality count to 12,310.
The daily infection rate rose to 8.22% from Thursday's 7.50%, said the Directorate General of Health Services.
Meanwhile, 1,504 people were reported positive in 18,294 tests carried out over the same period, taking the country's caseload to 786,698.
"The fatality number, recorded so far, is lower compared to the number of positive cases. This warrants conduction of genomic sequencing to see if any new but less virulent variant is in the offing," Dr AM Zakir Hussain, former director of the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research, told UNB.
Meanwhile, the fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.56% while the recovery rate stood at 92.67%.
Vaccination drive
Bangladesh launched its vaccination drive on February 7 with Oxford-AstraZeneca doses acquired from India's Serum Institute.
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The administration of the first dose has remained suspended since April 26. Also, the country, the prime recipient of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, has suspended the registration for Covid-19 jabs due to an acute shortage amid a delay in the timely arrival of shipments from India.
Vaccine supply update
The government signed an agreement with Serum for 30 million doses. But a record number of cases in India has now made the delivery of the doses uncertain.
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen Friday reached out to global media to let the world know that Bangladesh is desperately looking for vaccines and ready to accept any shipment from any country, including the US.
"A large number of people in Bangladesh, who took the first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, could not get the second dose because we have run out of supplies," the minister said.
Also, Dr Momen said he had requested the US government to send vaccines to Bangladesh at the earliest.
"They have agreed. However, the US Food and Drug Administration is taking much time to approve the export of AstraZeneca jabs," he said.
The minister Thursday said the government was making its best efforts to get vaccines from multiple countries – the US, China, Canada, Russia and the UK – apart from its continuous request to India to meet Bangladesh's urgent needs.
Bangladesh received five lakh China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine doses as a gift on May 12. The administering of the shots will begin by May 25-26, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque.
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Also, the country would receive a minimum of 106,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine under the COVAX initiative, Zahid Maleque said on Tuesday.
Besides, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Wednesday approved a proposal of the Health Services Division to import the Sinofarm Covid-19 vaccine.
Global Covid-19 cases near 158 million
With the frantic effort to stem the spread of Covid-19 cases across the world, many people are still being infected with the virus and there is no sign of getting relief from the pandemic as the global Covid-19 cases is approaching 158 million.
The total case count has reached 157, 951,588 while the death toll from the virus mounted to 3,288,762 as of Monday morning, according to the data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
The US, which remained the world’s worst hit country in both number of cases and deaths, has registered 32,707,359 cases and 581,752 deaths respectively.
Brazil reported on Sunday 1,024 more deaths from the novel coronavirus , bringing the national death toll to 422,340, according to the Ministry of Health.
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The ministry also stated that another 38,911 COVID-19 infections were registered, bringing the total caseload to 15,184,790.
Brazil has the world's second highest COVID-19 death toll, after the United States, and the third largest caseload, after the United States and India.
India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 22-million mark on Sunday, reaching 22,296,414, as 403,738 new cases were registered in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said.
Besides, as many as 4,092 deaths were recorded in the country since Saturday morning, taking the total death toll to 242,362, added the ministry.
This was the fourth consecutive day when over 4,000 deaths were recorded in 24 hours.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh reported 56 more Coronavirus-related deaths and 1,386 new cases in a 24-hour period until Sunday morning.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said the latest fatalities took the country’s death toll to 11,934 while the mortality rate remained static at 1.54 percent.
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Besides, the DGHS said, the new cases were detected after testing 16,915 samples, pushing up the total case count to 773,513. Bangladesh has so far carried out 5,630,894 tests.
The country reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on the 18th of that month.
Global Covid cases near 154 million
With new variants of Covid-19 spreading faster than ever before in several parts of the world, the global caseload is fast approaching 154 million.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total global case count reached 153,958,048 while the death toll climbed to 3,203,500 on Wednesday morning.
The US, the world's worst-hit country in terms of cases and deaths, have recorded 32,510,922 cases with 578,407 fatalities to data, as per the JHU data.
After the United States, the second outbreak of Covid has hit India hard. India’s Covid-19 cases surpassed 20 million on Tuesday as the second wave continued to paralyse the health system of the country.
With shortage of oxygen in many hospitals, India is trying hard to overcome the situation. The country’s total caseload and fatalities currently stand at 20,282,833 and 222,408, respectively.
Brazil on Tuesday reported 2,966 new deaths from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide death toll to 411,588, according to its health ministry.
Meanwhile, 77,359 new Covid-19 cases were detected, bringing the accumulated caseload to 14,856,888.
Brazil now has the world's second-highest Covid-19 death toll, after the United States, and the third-largest outbreak, behind the United States and India.
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According to the health ministry, Brazil now has a rate of 196 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants and 7,070 cases of infection per 100,000 inhabitants.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh logged 61 more coronavirus-related deaths and 1,914 new cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, showing a slight downtrend in daily fatalities and an uptick in infections.
The latest figures pushed up the death toll to 11,705 and the caseload to 7,65,596, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
However, the infection rate fell to 8.71 percent from Monday’s 8.95 percent while the fatality rate rose to 1.53 percent.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8 last year, before confirming the first death 10 days later.
Lockdown continues till May 16
The ongoing lockdown, imposed on April 5, has been extended till May 16.
People, however, are hardly following health safety rules. They are still crowding shopping malls and markets ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest festival of the Muslims.
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Photos and videos shot by UNB lensmen show overcrowded shopping places and total indifference towards health guidelines.
There will hardly be any positive outcome if people don’t follow health rules to protect themselves and others around them from coronavirus, according to experts.
Meanwhile, intra-district public transport services will be allowed to resume from May 6.
Vaccination drive
Bangladesh kicked off its vaccination drive on February 7 with doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine it acquired from the Serum Institute of India.
Bangladesh signed an agreement with Serum for 30 million doses. But a record surge in Covid cases in India has made the delivery of the doses uncertain.
DGHS DG Prof ABM Khurshid Alam has assured that Bangladesh will get 2.1 million doses of the vaccine by the first week of May.
In the past 24 hours, 38 people have received the first dose and 83,540 the second dose of the Covid vaccine, said the DGHS handout.
However, the registration process for receiving the vaccine jab remains shut.
Global Covid-19 cases near 153 million
As countries grapple to curb the spread of coronavirus, the global Covid-19 caseload reached near 153 million as of Monday.
The total case count and fatalities stand at 152, 871, 267 and 3,202,699 respectively as of Monday , according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) data.
The US, which is the world's worst-hit country in terms of both cases and deaths, has logged 32,421,598 cases and 577,045 deaths to date, as per the university data.
India has recorded 19,925,517 cases with the report of 368,147 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours till Monday.
Besides, 3,417 more deaths were recorded since Sunday morning, bringing the death toll to 218,959.
India is how second worst hit country in number of cases and third worst hit country in number of deaths.
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Brazil reported 1,202 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 407,639, the country's Ministry of Health said Sunday.
The ministry said that another 28,935 cases were reported in the same period, bringing the total caseload to 14,754,910.
Brazil is currently easing lockdown measures with a controlled reopening of shops and other economic activities after the hospital system was overwhelmed in February, March and April.
Situation in Bangladesh
The health authorities reported 69 more coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours until Sunday morning, taking the death toll to 11,569, as Bangladesh grapples to tackle the second wave of the pandemic.
Besides, 1,359 new cases were detected after examining 14,158 samples, the lowest number of tests since April 18, according to government data.
With the new cases, the country’s total Covid-19 caseload now stands at 761,943, the DGHS handout said.
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Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8, 2020 and the first death on March 18 that year.