The death toll from coronavirus has reached 8,476 as 14 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.
Besides, 845 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 551,175.
Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday.
In the last 24 hours, 16,958 samples were examined and out of them 845 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 1,117 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 504,120, 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 2,606,615 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.
As many as 117,498,137 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 93,009,351 people recovered from the virus, the website said.