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Covid-19: Global infections surpass 4 million

International Desk
10 May 2020 09:30:41 | Update: 10 May 2020 09:30:41
Covid-19: Global infections surpass 4 million
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The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection reached 4,024,009 all over the world as of Sunday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University data.

A total of 279,311 deaths were recorded globally due to Covid-19 since the disease, caused by the new strain of coronavirus, was first reported in China in December last year.

Although cases of new infection keep growing among the infected world population currently, 98 percent are in mild condition.

Of the 2,379,384 currently infected patients, 2,331,703 are in mild condition, which is 98 percent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. 47,681 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two.

So far, 1,375,624 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, Eight died from Covid-19 over the last 24 hours as of Saturday, taking the death toll to 214. Besides, 636 more people tested positive, which makes 13,770 confirmed cases in total.

 

 

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