<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">The overall number of global Covid-19 cases is gradually nearing 692 million.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the latest global data, the total Covid-19 case count is 691,684,315, while the death toll reached 6,899,861 this morning (July 18, 2023).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The US has reported 107,397,990 Covid-19 cases so far, while 1,168,914 people have died from the virus in the country — both highest counts globally.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">India recorded 43 new Covid-19 infections in a day while the tally of active cases has increased to 1,441 from 1,432 a day ago, according to Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has been recorded at 5,31,915.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">France and Germany have registered 40,138,560 and 38,428,685 Covid-19 cases so far, occupying the third and fourth positions in the world number-wise, and 167,642 and 174,352 people have died in the European countries, as per Worldometer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bangladesh reported one more Covid-19-linked death and 80 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,465 and caseload to 2,043,657, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The daily case test positivity rate stood at 4.16 percent as 1,925 samples were tested. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>