Global Covid-19 deaths reach 398,321

Global deaths from the novel coronavirus infection reached 398,321 as of Sunday morning, according to the data by Johns Hopkins University.

So far, 6,855,858 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 3,161,346 infected patients, 3,107,760 are in mild condition, which is 98 percent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 53,586 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two.

So far, 3,071,403 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 35 patients died from Covid-19 over the last 24 hours as of Saturday (June 6), taking the death toll to 846. Besides, 2,635 more people tested positive for the virus, which makes 63,026 confirmed cases in total.