Covid-19: Global death toll reaches 375,526

Global deaths from the novel coronavirus infection reached 375,526 as of Tuesday morning, according to the data by Johns Hopkins University.

So far, 6,265,496 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 3,085,151 infected patients, 3,031,748 are in mild condition, which is 98 percent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 53,403 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two. 

So far, 2,695,829 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 22 patients died from Covid-19 over the last 24 hours as of Monday, taking the death toll to 672. Besides, 2,381 more people tested positive for the virus, which makes 49,534 confirmed cases in total.