3,141 more test positive for coronavirus, 32 new deaths

A total of 3,141 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the number of such cases to 87,520.

The death toll from the virus has reached 1,171 as 32 more people died.

Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said in the regular online briefing on Sunday.

In the last 24 hours, 14,505 samples were examined and out of them 3,141 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 903 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 18,313, 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 432,696 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 7,888,958 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 4,051,154 people recovered from the virus, the website said.