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The global number of Covid-19 positive cases crossed 6 million as of Sunday morning, reaching 6,057,553 confirmed cases in total, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.
Besides, the death toll around the world from the novel coronavirus infection reached 369,106 so far, after Covid-19, the disease caused by this 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 3,050,732 infected patients, 2,997,226 are in mild condition, which is 98 percent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 53,506 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two.
So far, 2,564,544 people have recovered.
In Bangladesh, 28 patients died from Covid-19 over the last 24 hours as of Saturday, taking the death toll to 610. Besides, 1,764 more people tested positive, which is the highest single-day record of infections in the country, making 44,608 confirmed cases in total.
