The world saw an abrupt rise in the number of global coronavirus daily cases on July 28 before a descending trend for two consecutive days.
According to Worldometers, a total of 247,901 new coronavirus cases in the world had been recorded on Tuesday on July 28, 2020, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 16,884,113.
The number is 29,330 higher than that of the previous day, which was 218,571 and again 22,984 higher than the day before, which was 224,917.
A week ago, on July 21, the number of new cases worldwide was 239,697 and a week before that on July 14, it was 220,220.
Till now, the number of active cases stands at 5,773,483.
Of the active cases 5,707,034 (99%) were identified to be in mild condition while the rest 66,449 (1%) have been marked as serious or critical.
At the same time, 10,462,303 people from across the world have fully recovered from the infection or were discharged from treatment – which was 94% of cases which had an outcome.
The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed 663,540 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.
