The global corona caseload is fast approaching 186 million as Covid-19 continues to spread across the world even with mass inoculations underway.
The total caseload and fatalities stand at 185,975,557 and 4,017,279, respectively, as of Saturday morning. The latest figures have been released by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
So far, 3,387, 882, 587 vaccine doses have been administered across the globe.
The US, which is the world’s worst-hit country in terms of both cases and deaths, has so far logged 33,813,541 cases, according to JHU.
Besides, 606,816 people have lost their lives in the US to date.
Brazil is experiencing a new wave of infections in hospitals as the country has registered 1509 more deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours, bringing the national death toll to 531,688, the health ministry said Friday.
A total of 57,737 new infections were detected during the period, raising the total caseload to 10,020,499, 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.
India, the third worst-hit country in the world in terms of fatalities, has so far recorded 30,752,950 Covid cases with 405,939 fatalities.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh on Friday saw 212 Covid-19 deaths, the highest since the pandemic hit the country, amid a strict nationwide lockdown in effect since July 1.
Also, Covid-19 infections in the country are at their peak now, with 9,665 new cases reported each day — the highest daily average.
The country recorded 11,324 infections in 24 hours till Friday morning after testing 36,850 samples.
Bangladesh reported its highest daily Covid-19 fatality of 201 on Wednesday and 11,651 cases on Thursday.
The country is in the grip of a second wave of coronavirus that is threatening to overwhelm its health service.
Hospitals are now overwhelmed with patients and struggling to cope as the country is experiencing a devastating second wave of the pandemic, driven by the Delta variant.
The Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to increase oxygen supply and corona beds in hospitals across the country to ensure the treatment of Covid-19 patients.
So far, Bangladesh has administered at least 10,114,578 doses of Covid vaccines – enough to have vaccinated around 3.1% of the country’s population, assuming every person needs two doses.
