84.5 mn people infected with Covid-19 globally

The coronavirus caseload surpassed 84.5 million on Sunday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

The total case count globally reached 84,535,117 while the death toll climbed to 1,834,963 on Sunday morning.

The US, which remained the world’s worst-hit country in terms of the number of cases and deaths, has crossed the grim milestone of 20 million cases on New Year’s Day.

The country’s total cases reached 20,396,243 with 3,49,933 fatalities on Sunday morning.

But there is a glimmer of hope as the seven-day rolling average of daily new cases fell from 219,345 on December 18 to 194,737 on January 1 and the seven-day rolling average of daily new deaths dipped slightly from 2,580 to 2,506 during the same period, reports AP.

Brazil has registered 314 more deaths from Covid-19, bringing the death toll to 195,725, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday.

The ministry also said that 15,827 new cases had been reported, bringing the number of accumulated cases to 7,716,405.

According to official statistics, deaths from Covid-19 during December increased 64.45 percent compared to November, rising from 13,263 to 21,811 in the country.

India's Covid-19 tally rose to 10,305,788 on Saturday as 19,079 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the health ministry.

According to the data, the death toll mounted to 149,218 as 224 Covid-19 patients died since Friday morning.

Bangladesh situation

Bangladesh has witnessed deaths of 23 more people from Covid-19 and 684 new infections in 24 hours until Saturday.

The number of deaths rose to 7,599 since the first cases were reported in the country on March 8.

With 684 new infections, the country’s caseload stood at 515,184, said the Directorate General of Health Services.

The country’s infection number reached the 5,00,000-mark on December 20. The first death was reported on March 18 and the death toll exceeded 7,000 on December 12.