The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 595 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 595,168,628 and the death toll reached 6,454,572 on Monday morning.
The US has recorded 94,688,168 cases so far and 1,062,343 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
According to India’s federal health ministry data released on Sunday, 14,092 new cases of COVID-19 were reported during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,253,464 in the country.
The cases reported on Sunday mark a decrease in comparison to the daily caseload of Saturday (15,815).
With the reports of the fresh cases, India’s active caseload currently stands at 116,861.
The country also logged 41 related deaths during the past 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll to 527,037 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.
Covid in Bangladesh
Bangladesh recorded one more Covid-linked deaths with 226 fresh cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning.
While the country’s total fatalities reached 29,313, the new number took its caseload to 2,008,870, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case test positivity rate rose to 4.32 percent from Saturday’s 4.29 percent as 5,226 samples were tested.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent. The recovery rate rose to 97.14 from Saturday’s 97.12 percent.
In July, the country reported 142 Covid-linked deaths and 31,422 cases, the highest monthly death toll and caseload since March this year.
Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.
Source: United News of Bangladesh