Covid-19: Global deaths reach 688,351

The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection reached 688,351 as of Monday morning, according to the data provided by the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

Moreover, 18,017,556 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed around the world.

Although cases of new infection keep growing among the infected world population currently, most of them are in mild condition.

Among the currently 6,097,993 infected patients, 6,032,239 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 65,754 (of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 10,649,111 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 22 patients died from Covid-19 in the country over the last 24 hours as of Sunday, taking the death toll to 3,154.

Besides, 886 more people tested positive for the virus, which makes 240,786 confirmed cases in total.