Global coronavirus cases surged past 29,760,579 as of Thursday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).

The highly contagious coronavirus continues to spread across the world as the officially confirmed cases rise to 5,210,065 on Saturday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The global death toll from COVID-19 disease caused by the coronavirus has jumped to 42,151 as of Wednesday.   It has so far infected 858,669 people around the world, according to worldometer.   Of them, 638,419 are currently being treated with 32,898 being in serious or critical condition.   So far, 220,250 cases had outcomes and of them, 178,099 recovered.   Meanwhile, Bangladesh has so far reported 51 confirmed cases of coronavirus.

The death toll from the coronavirus or COVID-19 has reached 7,987 globally as of Wednesday.