After a fall, the daily rate of new coronavirus cases continues to increase for third day in a row.
According to Worldometers, a total of 94,976 new coronavirus cases in the world had been recorded on Thursday, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 2,182,823.
The number is 10,325 higher than that of the previous day, which was 84,651, and 17,232 higher than the day before, which was 77,744.
Thursday’s cases decreased by 6.64% from April 3, which were a record highest 101,736.
A week ago, on April 9, the number of new cases worldwide was 85,638 and a week before that on April 2, it was 80,097.
Till now, the number of active cases stands at 1,489,683.
Of the active cases 1,433,095 (95%) were identified to be in mild condition while the rest 56,588 (5%) have been marked as serious or critical.
At the same time, 547,589 people from across the world have recovered fully from the infection or were discharged from treatment – which was 79% of cases which had an outcome.
The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed 145,551 lives since its discovery in December 2019 – which was 21% 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 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 210 countries and territories around the world and two international conveyances.
