Coronavirus cases pass 78000, 37 new cases

The number of coronavirus cases has reached 78,052 as 3,187 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours.  

Besides, 37 more people died from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 1,049.

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

In the last 24 hours, 15,772 samples were examined and out of them 3,187 got positive results for the virus

Apart from, 848 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 16,748, 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 419,320 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 7,475,209 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 3,790,273 people recovered from the virus, the website said.