Coronavirus: Global death toll reaches 95,722

Healthcare workers wheel the bodies of deceased people from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.Reuters

The global death toll from coronavirus has reached 95,722 as of Friday morning, reports UNB.

There have been 1,603,719 confirmed cases around the world after the highly contagious disease was first reported in China in December last, according to worldometer.

Of those infected, 1,151, 342 are currently being treated with 49,127 being in serious or critical condition.

So far, 356,655 people have recovered.

The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on 11 March.

Bangladesh reported 21 deaths from the virus infection and 330 confirmed cases as of Thursday.