COVID-19: Global Deaths Now 406,413

The global death toll from coronavirus reached 406,413 on Tuesday morning while the number of confirmed cases were 7,097,717, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of the Johns Hopkins University.

According to JHU data, Brazil has come up to the second position after the US with 707,412 confirmed coronavirus cases as of Tuesday. The South American country counted 37,134 deaths from the virus till the date.

Among other countries, the US has been the worst-hit with the highest recorded deaths of 110,990 patients and about 1,960,642 confirmed cases.

In the US, New York State alone counted 30,417 deaths.

The UK has the second-highest death toll at 40,680, followed by Italy with 33,964, France 29,212 and Spain 27,136, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Coronavirus cases were first reported in China in December last year.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.

Situation in Bangladesh

Bangladesh confirmed its first cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18 but it has been seeing a sharp rise in both new cases and deaths in recent weeks.

The health authorities on Monday reported 68,504 coronavirus cases and 930 deaths in the country.

Among the total confirmed cases, 14,560 people have so far recovered.

Source: UNB