Coronavirus: Global death toll now 453,268

Global deaths from the novel coronavirus infection reached 453,268 as of Friday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University data.

So far, 8,463,533 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 3,591,466 infected patients, 3,536,905 are in mild condition, which is 98 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 54,561 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two.

So far, 4,142,111 people have recovered.

Meanwhile, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh surpassed one lakh on Thursday as 3,803 more people tested positive for the virus over the last 24 hours, making 102,292 confirmed cases in total.

Besides, 38 patients died from the infection in the country in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 1,343.