42 more die of COVID-19, 2743 new cases detected

Forty-two more people died from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 888.

Besides, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has reached 65,769 as 2,743 more tested positive for the virus.

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, 13,136 samples were examined and out of them 2,743 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 578 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 13,903, 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 402,545 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 6,998,020 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 3,421,217 people recovered from the virus, the website said.