Shawdesh Desk:

The overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 577 million amid a rise in new infections in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe.

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 577,023,105 and the death toll reached 6,407,209 on Wednesday morning.

The United States  has recorded 92,494,018 cases so far and 1,052,935 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.

India’s daily caseload further slipped to 14,830 on Tuesday, officials said.

According to federal health ministry data released on Tuesday morning, 14,830 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in 24 hours, taking the total tally to 43,920,451 in the country.

The new cases reported on Tuesday mark a decrease from the Monday’s daily caseload of 16,866.

The country also registered 36 new deaths due to Covid, bringing the death toll to 526,110, the ministry said.

Bangladesh recorded four more Covid-19-linked deaths with 621 new cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.

With the latest figures, the country’s total fatalities reached 29,275 and the caseload 2,002,944, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

The daily case positivity rate dropped to 6.14 per cent from Monday’s 7.84 per cent as 10,053 samples were tested.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 per cent. The recovery rate rose to 96.78 per cent from Monday’s 96.75 per cent.