Covid-19: Global deaths crosses 300,000

The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection reached 302,376 as of Friday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.

So far, 4,440,989 cases have been confirmed around the world after Covid-19, 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, most of them are in mild condition.

Meanwhile, among the currently 2,518,010 infected patients, 2,472,450 are in mild condition, which is 98 percent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 45,560  of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two.

So far, 1,587,780 people have recovered.

Meanwhile, 14 died from Covid-19 in Bangladesh over the last 24 hours as of Thursday, taking the death toll to 283. Besides, 1,041 more people tested positive, which makes 18,863 confirmed cases in total.