Coronavirus claims 45 more lives in Bangladesh
Dhaka/UNI: A total of 45 people died from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,783 in Bangladesh.
Besides, the confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh reached 141,801 as 4,014 more tested positive from the virus.
In the last 24 hours, 2,053 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 57,780, Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said in the daily health bulletin through online on Monday.
Bangladesh reported its first three cases of COVID-19 on March 8.
The new coronavirus pandemic first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year.
The World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.
The deadly virus spread to 213 countries and territories, killing some 504,693 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.
As many as 10,264,121 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 5,565,751 people recovered from the virus, the website said.
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