Seventy-six people have died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Covid-19 infection rate is higher in the slum areas, finds a study.

The White House laid out a plan on Monday to share 55 million US Covid-19 vaccine doses globally, of which 16 million would go to Asia including Bangladesh, through COVAX international vaccine-sharing programme.

Africa is working with the European Union and other partners to help create regional vaccine manufacturing hubs in South Africa, Senegal and Rwanda, with Nigeria under consideration, World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said.

The daily Covid-19 positivity rate in Pabna, one of the districts where the spread of the virus had been under control, quadrupled today to 16.44 percent in the span of two days.

A police personnel, who earlier tested positive for coronavirus, died at a hospital in Jhenaidah this morning.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 346 to 3,722,327, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Monday. The reported death toll rose by 10 to 90,395, the tally showed.

Thirteen people died at the Covid-19 unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till this morning.

China has passed the one billion mark in the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered, the country announced on Sunday (June 20). This is more than a third of the total administered worldwide.

The major manufacturing hub of Dongguan in China’s most populous province of Guangdong launched mass testing on Monday for the coronavirus and cordoned off communities after detecting its first infections in the current outbreak.

The health directorate has started administering Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines at three centres in Dhaka today.

Brazil's death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 500,000 on Saturday as experts warn that the world's second-deadliest outbreak may worsen due to delayed vaccinations and the government's refusal to back social distancing measures.

Britain recorded 9,284 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday and six new deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test.

Afghanistan’s is racing to ramp up supplies of oxygen as a deadly third surge of Covid-19 worsens, a senior health official told The Associated Press in an interview Saturday.

Russia reported 17,611 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 8,305 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 5,316,826.

The Philippine government has signed a supply agreement for 40 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE in its biggest coronavirus vaccine deal to date.

Administering Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine will start in Dhaka from tomorrow, Dr Md Shamsul Haque, line director at the Directorate General of Health Services, said today.

China reported 23 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the mainland for June 19, down from 30 infections a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Sunday.

Across the Asia-Pacific, where several countries have witnessed alarming new Covid-19 outbreaks in recent weeks and governments have been forced to reimpose harsh anti-virus restrictions, people are gazing in envy at those on the other side of the globe.

Six patients of Covid-19 and another with coronavirus-like symptoms died at Khulna Medical College Hospital in 24 hours till this morning.