Coronavirus death toll reaches 206; 709 new cases

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 206 as 7 more people died in the last 24 hours. Of them, three are male and two are female.

Besides, 709 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 13,134. So far, 2,101 people have made recovery as 191 more have been cured from disease.

Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said in the regular health bulletin through online on Friday.

In the last 24 hours, 5,941 samples were examined and out of them 709 got positive results for the virus, she said.

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 212 countries and territories, killing some 270,892 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 3,931,668 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 1,348,653 people recovered from the virus, the website said.