The global Covid-19 caseload has now surpassed 170.5 million, with the world still struggling to contain the second outbreak of the virus.
The total caseload and fatalities from the virus stand at 170,585,283 and 3,546,915, respectively, as of Tuesday morning, as per the latest data released by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
On the other hand, as many as 1,894,160,537 vaccine doses have been administered across the world.
The US has logged 33,264,380 cases and 594,568 fatalities to date, the highest death toll in the world, according to the university.
The US crossed the grim milestone of 30 million cases on March 25.
Brazil has the world’s second-highest Covid-19 death toll, after the United States, and the third-highest caseload, following the United States and India.
The South American country has reported 16,545,554 cases with 462,791 deaths to date, according to the country’s Health Ministry.
India has been experiencing a fall in daily Covid-19 cases for the past couple of weeks.
The country’s Covid-19 tally surpassed the 28 million-mark on Monday, with 152,734 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, said the federal health ministry.
Besides, as many as 3,128 deaths since Sunday morning took the overall death toll to 329,100.
Situation in Bangladesh
Bangladesh on Monday recorded 1,710 new cases in 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 8,00,540.
During the period, the deadly virus also claimed 36 more lives. With the fresh deaths, the total number of fatalities has risen to 12,619.
Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on the 18th of that month.
Border closure continues
Bangladesh on Sunday announced an extension of border closure with India by another two weeks, from June 1 to June 14, as the coronavirus situation hardly shows any signs of improvement.
The border with India will remain closed till June 14, but the movement of goods will remain uninterrupted, according to officials.
“We’ve extended it (border closure) for 14 more days and will evaluate the situation further,” a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told UNB on Sunday.
Bangladesh decided to close its border with India for any kind of movement except that of cargo on April 26, which was extended till May 31 to control the spread of coronavirus as the situation in the neighbouring country deteriorated.
The cross-border movement of people between Bangladesh and India has remained suspended since then.
Lockdown in Chapainawabganj extended
The local administration has extended the ongoing lockdown in Chapainawabganj for another week due to the worsening Covid-19 situation.
The restrictions will remain in force from June 1 to June 7, said Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Manjurul Hafiz at a press briefing on Monday noon.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s ongoing lockdown period has been extended by another week till June 6 to contain the virus spread.
Besides, district administrations have been given the authority to enforce lockdowns in their respective areas if the Covid situation deteriorates there, the Cabinet Secretary said on Monday.
