Coronavirus global death toll climbs to 663,540

In this Friday, April 17, 2020, photo, medical staff test shoppers who volunteered at a pop-up community COVID-19 testing station at a supermarket carpark in Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealand has set itself an ambitious goal of not just containing the coronavirus, but eliminating it altogether. Experts believe the country could pull it off, thanks to its geography and decisive early actions by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has put the country into a strict lockdown. But whatever happens, the country will continue feeling the effects of the pandemic, which has hobbled its vital tourism industry. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Shawdesh Desk:

The novel coronavirus has killed 663,540 people in the 213 countries and territories since the virus emerged in Wuhan of China last December, according to latest data from worldometer.

So far, 16,899,316 people were infected with coronavirus worldwide at 11:48 am on Wednesday (Bangladesh Time). Of them, 10,462,274 patients have been considered recovered.

Apart from this, the number of active cases are 5,773,502, the source said.

Among other coronavirus affected countries, the US has gone up to 152,320 deaths, followed by Brazil with 88,634, UK 45,878, Mexico 44,876, Italy 35,123, France

30,223, India 34,240, Spain 28,436, Iran 16,147, Russia 13,504, China 4,634 , Indonesia 4,901, Saudi Arabia 2,789 and Australia 176 respectively, according to worldometer.