Global coronavirus death toll now 323,285

Global deaths from the novel coronavirus infection reached 323,285 as of Wednesday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.

So far, 4,897,492 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.

Among the currently 2,702,926 infected patients, 2,657,501 are in mild condition, which is 98 percent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 45,425 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two.

So far, 1,688,564 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 21 patients died from Covid-19 over the last 24 hours as of Tuesday, taking the death toll to 370. Besides, 1,251 more people tested positive for the virus, which makes 25,121 confirmed cases in total.