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Covid-19: Global deaths reach 797,787

International Desk
22 Aug 2020 08:33:05 | Update: 22 Aug 2020 08:33:38
Covid-19: Global deaths reach 797,787
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The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection reached 797,787 as of Saturday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

Moreover, 22,864,873 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 6,599,870 infected patients 6,538,043 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates.

On the other hand, 61,827 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 14,635,454 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 39 more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours as of Friday, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 3,861.

Besides, the tally of infections has surged to 290,360 as 2,401 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours

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