Global COVID-19 death toll rises to 453, 268

People wearing masks walk in Clapham Common, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain on 3 May.Reuters

The global death toll from coronavirus stood at 453,268 as of Friday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University, reports UNB.

Besides, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 8,463,533.

According to JHU data, Brazil and Russia have come up to the second and the third positions after the US with 978,142 and 560,321 confirmed cases as of Friday.

Meanwhile, India has come up to the fourth position after Russia with 366,946 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The country has so far reported 12,237deaths.

Brazil counted the second highest deaths after the US as it reported 47,748 deaths from the virus till the date.

Among the countries, the US has been the worst-hit with the highest recorded deaths of 118,421 patients and about 2,189,128 confirmed cases.

In the US, New York State alone counted 30,974 deaths till the date.

The UK has the third-highest death toll at 42,373, followed by Italy with 34,514, France 29,606 and Spain 27,136, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Coronavirus cases were first reported in China in December last year.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on 11 March.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh crossed the 100,000-mark on Thursday after the health authorities announced detection of 3,803 new cases in the last 24 hours.

Bangladesh’s total cases rose to 102,292.

Besides, 38 more patients died from the virus infection during the same period, raising the death toll to 1,343. -Collected from "Prothom Alo"