The world encounters a gradual advancement of the coronavirus daily cases for the third consecutive day.
According to Worldometer, a total of 86,037 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across the globe on Thursday, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 3,308,548.
The number is 4,359 higher than that of the previous day, which was 81,678 and 9,476 higher than the day before, which was 76,561.
Thursday’s number of cases decreased by 19% from April 24, which was a record highest 105,825.
A week ago, on April 23, the number of new cases worldwide was 85,418 and a week before that on April 16, it was 85,383.
Till now, the number of active cases stands at 2,031,517.
Of the active cases 1,980,573 (97%) were identified to be in mild condition while the rest 50,944 (3%) have been marked as serious or critical.
At the same time, 1,042,874 people from across the world have recovered fully from the infection or were discharged from treatment – which was 82% of cases which had an outcome.
The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed 234,112 lives since its discovery in December 2019, which was 18% 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 212 countries and territories around the world and two international conveyances.
