<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The overall number of Covid cases is approaching 605 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 604,892,165 and the death toll reached 6,485,604 on Saturday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>The US has recorded 95,970,007 cases so far and 1,068,843 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.</div><div><br></div><div>India reported 10,256 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,389,176 in the country, according to the federal health ministry on Friday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>The cases marked a slight decrease in comparison to the daily caseload of 10,725 on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, India's active caseload stands at 90,707.</div><div><br></div><div>The country also logged 68 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours, pushing the overall toll to 527,556 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.</div><div><br></div><div>The daily positivity rate stands at 2.43 percent and the weekly positivity rate was 3.02 percent, the ministry data showed.</div><div><br></div><div>Covid in Bangladesh</div><div>Bangladesh reported one Covid death and 196 new cases in 24 hours till Friday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>While the country's total fatalities reached 29,321, the new numbers took its caseload to 2,010,944, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The daily case test positivity rate rose to 4.15 percent from Thursday's 4.38 percent as 2,721 samples were tested.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent. The recovery rate remained static at 97.22 percent. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>