Coronavirus: Global deaths reach 533,684

Global deaths from the novel coronavirus infection reached 533,684 as of Monday morning, according to the data by Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

So far, 11,409,805 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 4,484,514 infected patients, 4,425,974 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 58,540 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 6,535,351 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 55 patients died from Covid-19 in the country over the last 24 hours as of Sunday, crossing the 2,000-mark with a death toll of 2,052.

Besides, 2,738 more people tested positive for the virus, which makes 162,417 confirmed cases in total.