Covid-19: Global deaths reach 699,134

The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection reached 699,134 as of Wednesday morning, according to the data provided by the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

Moreover, 18,466,594 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed around the world.

Although cases of new infection keep growing among the infected world population currently, most of them are in mild condition.

Among the currently 6,081,554 infected patients 6,016,065 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 65,489 (of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 11,915,264 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 50 patients died from Covid-19 in the country over the last 24 hours as of Tuesday, taking the death toll to 3,234.

Besides, 1,918 more people tested positive for the virus, which makes 244,020 confirmed cases in total.