The death toll from Coronavirus has reached 29,119 in Bangladesh as 1 more person died from the disease in the last 24 hours.
Besides, 81 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 1,951,363.
Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday.
In the last 24 hours, 9,397 samples were examined and out of them 81 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 993 more recovered from the disease, taking the total recoveries to 1,878,797, the press release added.
Bangladesh reported its first three cases of COVID-19 on March 8 in 2020.
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 in 2020.
The deadly virus spread to 225 countries and territories, killing 6,149,112 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.
As many as 482,284,149 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 416,760,082 people recovered from the virus, the website said.