Covid-19: Global death toll reaches 1,212,070

The global deaths from the novel coronavirus infection reached 1,212,070 as of Wednesday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

Moreover, 47,328,401 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 12,271,876 infected patients 12,183,750 are in mild condition, which is 99 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates.

On the other hand, 88,126 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only one.

So far, 31,523,055 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 17 more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours as of Tuesday, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 5,983.

Besides, the tally of infections has surged to 412,647 as 1,659 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.