<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The overall number of global Covid-19 cases is gradually nearing 647 million.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 646,955,042 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,638,544 on Wednesday morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The US has recorded 100,532,711 cases so far, while 1,105,049 people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around the world.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to India's health ministry data released on Tuesday morning, 215 new cases of COVID-19 were reported during the past 24 hours, and the active caseload stands at 4,982.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The country also logged one COVID-19-related death during the past 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll to 530,615 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Meanwhile, Russia has registered 4,928 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 21,584,740, said the official monitoring and response center on Tuesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><b>Covid in Bangladesh</b></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bangladesh reported another Covid-linked death with 11 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the new numbers, the fatalities rose to 29,433 and the caseload to 2,036,567, 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 dropped to 0.72 per cent from Monday’s 0.79 per cent as 1,520 samples were tested during the period.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent while the recovery rate rose to 97.51 per cent. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>