Covid-19: Global death toll stands at 448,474

Global deaths from the novel coronavirus infection reached 448,474 as of Thursday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University data.

So far, 8,329,221 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 3,533,875 infected patients, 3,479,423 are in mild condition, which is 98 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 54,452 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two.

So far, 4,056,872 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 4,008 more people tested positive for the coronavirus over the last 24 hours as of Wednesday, which is the highest single-day record of new infections in the country, making 98,489 confirmed cases in total.

Besides, 43 patients died from Covid-19, taking the death toll to 1,305.