Global Covid-19 cases surpass 53 million
The quantity of confirmed COVID-19 cases exceeded 53 million globally, in line with the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University.
The confirmed coronavirus cases reached 53, 284,867 with over 1,301,021 fatalities by Saturday.
The US has recorded 10,724,830 cases with 244,302 deaths up to now amid a nationwide surge of infections that presents no sign of slowing.
AMERICA reported an all-time most of practically 200,000 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, setting a new record for the fifth time in weekly, data updated Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show.
Brazil on Friday reported 456 deaths from COVID-19, raising the nationwide death toll to 164,737.
Meanwhile, the Latin American country registered 29,070 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the accumulated national caseload to 5,810,652.
Brazil has the world's second-highest COVID-19 death toll, following the United States, and the third most COVID-19 cases, after the United States and India.
According to data published by Johns Hopkins University, India’s caseload now stands at 8,728,795. The country's death toll has mounted to 128,668.
The world’s major vaccine maker, Serum Institute of India Ltd, is ramping up production of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, looking to have 100 million doses ready by December for an inoculation drive that could start across India that same month.
Bangladesh Coronavirus
Daily Covid-19 infections in Bangladesh have demonstrated a rising trend this month, with 1,767 new cases and 19 deaths reported until early Friday.
Fatalities in the united states reached 6,159 and the death rate stood at 1.44 percent. Also, total confirmed cases rose to 428,965, the Directorate General of Health Services said.
And 13,539 new samples were tested in the past a day. The daily infection rate stood at 13.05 percent and the entire rate at 17.05 percent.
However, 1,519 people recovered from the condition in the past a day. Up to now, 346,387 patients - 80.75 percent - have overcome it.
