The second wave of the pandemic continues its onslaught across the world even with mass inoculations underway. The global Covid-19 caseload has now surged past 184 million.

The total caseload and fatalities stand at 184,106,914 and 3,983,705, respectively, as of Tuesday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

So far, 3,220,930,876 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 33,723,095 cases, according to JHU, while 605,567 people have lost their lives to the virus to date.

Brazil, where the catastrophe has been driven not by Delta but rather its own variant, is fast catching up with the United States when it comes to the death toll, and the South American country has the third-largest caseload in the world, following the US and India.

The country has recorded 525,112 deaths and 18,792,511 cases, as of Tuesday morning.

India’s Covid-19 caseload rose to 30,585,229 on Monday, according to the federal health ministry’s latest data.

Besides, 723 more deaths were recorded since Sunday morning, taking the death toll to 402,728.

SITUATION IN BANGLADESH

Bangladesh is currently passing through the most concerning stage of the Covid-19 second wave. Health authorities yesterday reported another record-high 164 deaths and 9,964 new infections in 24 hours.

This was reported just after seeing the highest 153 deaths on Sunday and highest 8,822 cases back on June 30.

 

Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/coronavirus-deadly-new-threat/news/global-covid-19-cases-top-184-million-2125061