COVID-19 death toll passes 1,300

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 1,305 as 43 more people died in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 4008 more have been infected with virus, taking the number of such cases to 98,489.

In the last 24 hours, 17,527 samples were examined and out of them 4008 got positive results for the virus, Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said in the regular online briefing on Wednesday.

Apart from, 1,925 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 38,189, 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 446,412 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 8,276,079 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 4,334,745 people recovered from the virus, the website said.