Daily coronavirus cases dropped for the first time in six days, with the latest number rising to 82,257, bringing total infections since the outbreak came to light on December last year to 4,805,186.
The number of daily cases fell 14% on Sunday compared to Saturday. This marks a fall of 13,342 compared to the previous day, which saw 95,599.
The highest daily rise so far was reported on April 24, with 101,884 cases from Covid-19 in a 24-hour period. Sunday’s total cases were decreased by 19.3% from that day.
A week ago, on May 10, the number of new cases worldwide was 79,825 and a week before that on May 3, it was 82,260.
Till now, the number of active cases stands at 2,628,420.
Of the active case 2,583,601 (98%) were identified to be in mild condition while the rest 44,819 (2%) have been marked as serious or critical.
At the same time, 1,860,036 people from across the world have recovered fully from the infection or were discharged from treatment – which was 85% of cases which had an outcome.
The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed 316,730 lives since its discovery in December 2019 – which was 15% 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.
