The confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh have reached 28,511 as 1,773 more tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.
Besides, 22 more people died from the disease, taking the total number of the deceased to 408. Of them, nineteen are male and three are female.
Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said this in the regular health bulletin through online on Thursday.
In the last 24 hours, 10,262 samples were examined and out of them 1,773 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 395 more have recovered from the disease, raising the total number to 5,602, she said.
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 329,925 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.
As many as 5,103,350 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 2,034,226 people recovered from the virus, the website said.