The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has reached 55,140 as 2,695 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours.
Besides, 37 more people died from the disease, taking the number of deceased to 746.
Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said while presenting the regular health bulletin through online on Wednesday.
In the last 24 hours, 12,510 samples were examined and out of them 2,695 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 470 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 11,590, 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 382,766 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.
As many as 6,467,333 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 3,078,403 people recovered from the virus, the website said.