35 more die from coronavirus in 24-hr

The death toll from coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 846 as 35 more people died in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 2,635 have been infected with the virus, raising the number of such cases to 63,026.

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

In the last 24 hours, 12,486 samples were examined and out of them 2,635 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 521 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 13,325, 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 398,535 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 6,866,120 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 3,362,308 people recovered from the virus, the website said.