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World coronavirus death toll reaches 2,669,791

International Desk
17 Mar 2021 08:34:02 | Update: 17 Mar 2021 08:58:02
World coronavirus death toll reaches 2,669,791

Global deaths from the novel coronavirus infection reached 2,669,791 as of Wednesday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

Moreover, 120,648,897 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 20,764,486 infected patients 20,675,914 are in mild condition, which is 99.6 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates.

On the other hand, 88,572 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only 0.4.

So far, 68,418,035 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 26 more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours as of Tuesday, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 8,597.

Besides, the tally of infections has surged to 560,887 as 1,719 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

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