Global coronavirus deaths reach 509,779

The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection stood at 509,779 as of Wednesday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

So far, 10,434,835 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 4,276,230 infected patients, 4,218,442 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 57,788 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 5,322,785 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 64 patients died from Covid-19 over the last 24 hours as of Tuesday, which is the highest single-day record of fatality in the country, taking the death toll to 1,847.

Besides, 3,682 more people tested positive, making 145,483 confirmed cases in total.