The death toll from coronavirus has reached 6,487 as 39 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.
Besides, 2,156 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 454,146.
Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Wednesday.
In the last 24 hours, 16,001 samples were examined and out of them 2,156 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 2,302 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 369,179, 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 1,417,035 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.
As many as 60,199,234 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 41,656,666 people recovered from the virus, the website said.