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Global deaths from the novel coronavirus infection reached 1,660,032 as of Friday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.
Moreover, 74,862,082 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 20,766,346 infected patients 20,659,210 are in mild condition, which is 99.5 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates.
On the other hand, 107,136 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only 0.5.
So far, 42,283,258 people have recovered.
In Bangladesh, 36 more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours as of Thursday, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 7,192.
Besides, the tally of infections has surged to 496,975 as 1,134 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.