Global Covid-19 deaths reach 589,093

The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection reached 589,093 as of Friday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

So far, 13,758,533 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 5,076,219 infected patients, 5,016,283 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 59,936 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 7,678,871 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 39 patients died from Covid-19 in the country over the last 24 hours as of Thursday, taking the death toll to 2,496.

Besides, 2,733 more people tested positive for the virus, which makes 196,323 confirmed cases in total.