Global Covid-19 deaths reach 601,820

The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection reached 601,820 as of Saturday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

So far, 14,049,207 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 5,134,676 infected patients, 5,074,540 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 60,136 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 7,861,823 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, death toll from the novel coronavirus crossed the 2,500-mark in Bangladesh with 51 more deaths in the last 24 hours as of Friday, taking the death toll to 2,547. 

Besides, 3,034 more people tested positive for the virus, which makes 199,357 confirmed cases in total.