Shawdesh desk:

The overall number of Covid cases is approaching 605 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 604,892,165 and the death toll reached 6,485,604 on Saturday morning.

The US has recorded 95,970,007 cases so far and 1,068,843 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.

India reported 10,256 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,389,176 in the country, according to the federal health ministry on Friday morning.

The cases marked a slight decrease in comparison to the daily caseload of 10,725 on Thursday.

Currently, India’s active caseload stands at 90,707.

The country also logged 68 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours, pushing the overall toll to 527,556 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.

The daily positivity rate stands at 2.43 percent and the weekly positivity rate was 3.02 percent, the ministry data showed.

Covid in Bangladesh

Bangladesh reported one Covid death and 196 new cases in 24 hours till Friday morning.

While the country’s total fatalities reached 29,321, the new numbers took its caseload to 2,010,944, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity rate rose to 4.15 percent from Thursday’s 4.38 percent as 2,721 samples were tested.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent. The recovery rate remained static at 97.22 percent.