Covid-19: Global death toll reaches 467,636

The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection reached 467,636 as of Monday morning, according to the data provided by Johns Hopkins University.

So far, 8,927,195 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 3,736,439 infected patients, 3,681,705 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 54,734 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 4,418,922 people have recovered.

Meanwhile, 39 patients died from Covid-19 in Bangladesh over the last 24 hours as of Sunday, taking the death toll to 1,464. Besides, 3,531 more people tested positive for the virus, which makes 112,306 confirmed cases in total.