Coronavirus cases reach almost 21,000; 16 new deaths

The death toll from novel coronavirus has reached 314 as 16 more died in the last 24 hours in the country.

Besides, 930 more cases have been detected, taking the total number to 20,995.

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

In the last 24 hours, 6,782 samples were examined and out of them 930 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 235 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 4,117, 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 213 countries and territories, killing some 308,829 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 4,640,339 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 1,766,955 people recovered from the virus, the website said.