<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">The overall number of Covid-19 cases around the world has now surpassed 690 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 690,481,202, while the death toll reached 6,892,593 this morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The US has reported 107,243,887 Covid-19 cases so far, while 1,167,334 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 108 new coronavirus cases, raising the tally to 4.49 crore, while the active cases decreased to 1,983, according to the Union health ministry.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The death toll due to the viral disease stood at 5,31,893, the data showed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">France and Germany have registered 40,124,619 and 38,428,685 Covid-19 cases so far, occupying the third and fourth positions in the world number-wise, and 167,548 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;">Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bangladesh reported two more Covid-19-linked deaths and 230 fresh cases in 24 hours till Sunday 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 29,457 and caseload to 2,041,470, 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 increased to 7.75 per cent from Saturday’s 5.41 as 2,967 samples were tested. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>