The confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh stood at 133,978, with 3,504 more contracted the disease in the last 24 hours.
Besides, 34 more people died of COVID-19, raising the death toll to 1,695, Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said in the daily health bulletin through online on Saturday.
In the last 24 hours, 15,157 samples were examined and out of them 3,504 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 1,185 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 54,318, 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 497,307 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.
As many as 9,924,322 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 5,374,548 people recovered from the virus, the website said.