Global coronavirus deaths reach 609,198

The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection reached 609,198 as of Tuesday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

So far, 14,655,405 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 5,334,055 infected patients, 5,270,708 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 63,347 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 8,227,804 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 50 patients died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours as of Monday, taking the death toll to 2,668. Besides, 2,928 more people tested positive for the virus, making 207,453 confirmed cases in total.