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HTML

<div class="status"></div>
<div class="status" data-count="5"></div>

CSS

body {
  display: flex;
  padding: 20px;
}

.status {
  width: 45px;
  height: 45px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  background-color: #EEEEEE;
  order: 2;
}

[data-count] {
  position: relative;
  order: 1;
  margin-right: 20px;
}

[data-count]::before {
  content: attr(data-count);
  position: absolute;
  right: -10px;
  top: -10px;
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  background-color: #F5222D;
  border-radius: 50%;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 20px;
}