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Coronavirus: 25 die, 1683 infected, 1623 recover in 24 hours

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 6,092 as 25 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 1,683 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 421,921. 

Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Monday. 

In the last 24 hours, 14,042 samples were examined and out of them 1,683 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 1,623 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 339,768, the press release added. 

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 1,263,058 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 50,809,985 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 35,830,075 people recovered from the virus, the website said.