The world saw a decline in the number of new daily deaths from the coronavirus for the second consecutive day.
According to worldometer, the daily death toll around the world from the coronavirus decreased to 5,550 on Friday, taking the total number of deaths to 276,216.
The number is only 39 lower than that of the previous day, which was 5,589, and 1,261 lower than the day before, which was 6,811.
A week ago, on May 1, the number of new deaths worldwide was 5,623 and a week before that on April 24, it was 6,417.
Till now, the number of active cases stands at 2,351,455.
Of the active cases, 2,302,756 (98%) were identified to be in mild condition while the rest 48,699 (2%) have been marked as serious or critical.
At the same time, 1,385,186 people from across the world have recovered fully from the infection or were discharged from treatment – which is 83% of cases which had an outcome.
Around 4,012,857 people got infected during the Covid-19 pandemic, since its discovery in December 2019.
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 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.
