The world is encountering a continual rise in the number of global coronavirus daily cases for three consecutive days.
According to Worldometers, a total of 289,028 new coronavirus cases in the world had been recorded on Friday on July 24, 2020, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 15,931,445.
The number is 12,595 higher than that of the previous day, which was 276,433 and again 8,673 higher than the day before, which was 280,355.
A week ago, on July 17, the number of new cases worldwide was 240,936 and a week before that on July 10, it was 238,176.
Till now, the number of active cases stands at 5,572,588.
Of the active cases 5,508,519 (99%) were identified to be in mild condition while the rest 66,247 (1%) have been marked as serious or critical.
At the same time, 9,724,289 people from across the world have recovered fully from the infection or were discharged from treatment – which was 94% of cases which had an outcome.
The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed 642,751 lives since its discovery in December 2019 – which was 6% of cases which had an outcome.
In January, China effectively shut down Wuhan and placed its 11 million residents in effective quarantine after the novel coronavirus infection turned into an outbreak.
The virus is thought to have emerged late last year in a Wuhan market illegally trading wildlife. It can cause pneumonia, respiratory diseases, among others, and spreads between people in droplets from coughs and sneezes.
Till now, coronavirus or Covid-19 has affected 213 countries and territories around the world and two international conveyances.