<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The overall number of global Covid-19 cases is gradually nearing 693 million.</span><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 692,636,689, while the death toll reached 6,905,365 this morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The US has reported 107,564,390 Covid-19 cases so far, while 1,170,781 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 logged 77 fresh Covid-19 cases while the active cases were recorded at 1,553, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The country’s death toll has been recorded at 5,31,918.</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;">Covid-19 situation in Bangladesh</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bangladesh reported one more Covid-19-linked death and 44 new 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 29,4474 and caseload to 2,044,779, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The daily Covid-19 test positivity rate stood at 3.01 percent as 1,460 samples were tested in Bangladesh. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>