The death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,089 as 37 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.
Besides, 1,799 more have been infected with the virus, raising the number of such cases to 492,332.
Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Monday.
In the last 24 hours, 16,828 samples were examined and out of them 1,799 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 2,949 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 423,845, 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 1,620,351 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.
As many as 72,715,369 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 50,928,114 people recovered from the virus, the website said.