Covid-19: Global deaths reach 463,999

The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection reached 463,999 as of Sunday morning, according to the data by Johns Hopkins University.

So far, 8,768,285 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 3,709,527 infected patients, 3,655,024 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 54,503 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 4,347,162 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 37 patients died from Covid-19 over the last 24 hours as of Saturday, taking the death toll to 1,425. Besides, 3,240 more people tested positive for the virus, which makes 108,775 confirmed cases in total.