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Coronavirus: 35 more die, 1190 infected

The death toll from COVID-19 has reached 27,182 as 35 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 1,190 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 15,41,300.

Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Saturday.

In the last 24 hours, 19,668 samples were examined and out of them 1,190 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 1,645 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 14,98,654, the press release added.

Bangladesh reported its first three cases of COVID-19 on March 8 last year.

The new coronavirus pandemic first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December in 2019.

The World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11 last year.

The deadly virus spread to 220 countries and territories, killing some 4,695,081 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 228,515,662 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 205,120,214 people recovered from the virus, the website said.