Global COVID-19 cases top 131mn

The global death count from the novel coronavirus infection reached 2,851,973 as of Monday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.

Moreover, 131,196,109 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 22,846,853 infected patients 22,748,074 are in mild condition, which is 99.6 per cent, Worldometer records in its daily updates.

On the other hand, 98,779 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only 0.4.

So far, 74,397,069 people have recovered.

In Bangladesh, 53 more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours as of Sunday, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 9,266.

Besides, the tally of infections has surged to 637,364 as 7,087 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

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