Coronavirus cases pass 22,000; 14 more deaths

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has reached 22,268 as 1273 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 14 more died in the last 24 hours in the country, taking the death toll from the virus to 328.

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

In the last 24 hours, 8,114 samples were examined and out of them 1,273 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 256 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 4,373, 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 313,498 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 4,736,063 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 1,818,910 people recovered from the virus, the website said.