Coronavirus: Global cases surpass 5m

Global deaths from the novel coronavirus infection reached 332,900 as of Friday morning, according to the data provided by Johns Hopkins University.

So far, 5,102,424 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 2,778,623 infected patients, 2,733,003 are in mild condition, which is 98 percent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 45,620 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two.

So far, 1,948,739 people have recovered.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh on Thursday reported 22 deaths and 1,773 new positive cases for novel coronavirus over the last 24 hours, both of which are the highest single-day records in the country so far. The latest figures take the death toll to 408 and the total number of infections to 28,511.