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Covid-19: Global deaths reach 719,805

International Desk
08 Aug 2020 08:30:56 | Update: 08 Aug 2020 15:02:45
Covid-19: Global deaths reach 719,805
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The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection reached 719,805 as of Saturday morning, according to the data provided by the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

Moreover, 19,295,350 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 6,273,913 infected patients 6,208,894 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. On the other hand, 65,019 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 11,681,405 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 27 patients died from Covid-19 in the country over the last 24 hours as of Friday, taking the death toll to 3,333.

Besides, 2,851 more people tested positive for the virus, which makes 252,502 confirmed cases in total.

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