Global death toll from Covid-19 reaches 459,437

Global deaths from the novel coronavirus infection reached 459,437 as of Saturday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University data.

So far, 8,639,023 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 3,669,782 infected patients, 3,614,989 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 54,793 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 4,625,449 people have recovered.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh on Friday reported 45 deaths and 3,243 new positive cases for novel coronavirus over the last 24 hours.

The latest figures take the death toll to 1,388 and the total number of infections to 105,535.