Global Covid-19 death toll reaches 968,600

The global death toll from the novel coronavirus infection reached 963,068 as of Wednesday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

Moreover, 31,478,387 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 7,405,884 infected patients 7,343,795 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates.

On the other hand, 62,089 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 21,597,978 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 28 more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours as of Tuesday, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 5,007.

Besides, the tally of infections has surged to 3,52,178 as 1,557 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.