Amid the global scare over new Covid-19 strain Omicron, the overall number of coronavirus cases has crossed 279 million.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 279,454,919 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,396,454 on Sunday morning.
The US has recorded 52,092,894 cases so far and more than 816,463 people have died from the virus in the country, the university data shows.
Brazil, which has been experiencing a new wave of cases since January, registered 22,238,369 cases as of Saturday and its Covid death toll rose to 618,686.
The cases of Omicron in India has increased to 437 till Saturday.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 34,779,851 on Saturday, as 7,189 new cases were registered in 24 hours across the country, as per the federal health ministry data.
Besides, 387 deaths from the virus took the total death toll to 479,520.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh logged one more Covid-linked death with 275 fresh infections in 24 hours till Saturday morning.
With the detection of the fresh cases after testing 13, 699 samples, the daily case positivity rate declined slightly to 2.01 per cent from Friday’s 2.02 per cent during the period, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The country on Friday reported one Covid-linked death and 342 fresh cases.
Though the deaths remained below five since December 13, the daily cases remained mostly over 250, according to data provided by the DGHS.
The fresh numbers reported on Saturday took the country’s total fatalities to 28,056 while the caseload mounted to 15,82,985.
Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 per cent during the period.
Besides, the recovery rate remained static at 97.74 per cent with the recovery of 224 more patients during the 24-hour period.
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.
