Coronavirus: Global death toll reaches 493,609

The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection reached 493,609 as of Saturday morning, according to the data provided by Johns Hopkins University. 

So far, 9,776,392 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 4,050,409 infected patients, 3,992,766 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 57,643 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one. 

So far, 5,357,631 people have recovered. 

In Bangladesh, 40 patients died from Covid-19 in the country over the last 24 hours as of Friday, taking the death toll to 1,661. 

Besides, 3,868 more people tested positive for the virus, which makes 130,474 confirmed cases in total.