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Coronavirus cases pass 60,000 as death toll reaches 811

The death toll from coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 811 as 30 more people died in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 2,828 more tested positive for coronavirus, raising the number of such cases to 60,391.

In the last 24 hours, 14,088 samples were examined and out of them 2,828 got positive results for the virus, Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said in the regular health bulletin through online on Friday.

Apart from, 643 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 12,804, 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 393,449 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 6,717,327 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 3,262,009 people recovered from the virus, the website said.