Covid-19: Global death toll reaches 406,402

The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection reached 406,402 as of Tuesday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.

So far, 7,097,717 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 3,249,501 infected patients, 3,195,704 are in mild condition, which is 98 percent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 53,797 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two.

So far, 3,292,612 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 42 patients died from Covid-19 in the country over the last 24 hours as of Monday, taking the death toll to 930.

Besides, 2,735 more people tested positive for the virus, which makes 68,504 confirmed cases in total.