The death toll from coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 781 as 35 more people died in the last 24 hours.
Besides, 2,423 have been infected with the virus, raising the number of such cases to 57,563.
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, 12,694 samples were examined and out of them 2,423 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 571 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 12,161, 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 388,256 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.
As many as 6,586,149 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 3,181,326 people recovered from the virus, the website said.