World coronavirus death toll reaches 2,689,940

Global deaths from the novel coronavirus infection reached 2,689,940 as of Friday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

Moreover, 121,720,027 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 21,005,550 infected patients 20,916,392 are in mild condition, which is 99.6 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates.

On the other hand, 89,158 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only 0.4.

So far, 68,932,913 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 16 more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours as of Thursday, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 8,624.

Besides, the tally of infections has surged to 5,64,939 as 2,187 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.