Covid-19 Factoid: Bihar's case tally up 17% in biggest single-day spike yet

While India's death rate has come down marginally to 3.3%, Belgium's has been the highest at 16.3%; Russia's 0.9% is the lowest among all countries with more than 50,000 confirmed cases

The global tally of confirmed coronavirus cases currently stands at 4.2 million. While 1.5 million people, or 36 per cent of total confirmed cases, have been able to beat the virus, over 284,000 have succumbed to the infection.

In India, the case count stands at 69, 294 at present, and more than 2,200 people have died. A little less than a third of all confirmed cases have now recovered. Daily net additions to cases are still rising, but the recovery rate is also showing an upward trend.

Here are some facts on the global spread of the virus:

1. Belgium has the highest