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Global deaths from the novel coronavirus infection reached 441,439 as of Wednesday morning, according to the data by the Johns Hopkins University.
So far, 8,153,241 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 3,504,340 infected patients, 3,449,746 are in mild condition, which is 98 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 54,594 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two.
So far, 3,945,448 people have recovered.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh on Tuesday reported 53 deaths and 3,862 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 1,262 and the total number of infections to 94,481.