Coronavirus cases pass 1 lakh

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh has passed 100,000 as 3,803 more people have been infected with the virus in the last 24 hours. The total number of such cases now stands at 102,292.

Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, made the announcement in the regular online briefing on Thursday.

In the last 24 hours, 16,259 samples were examined where 3,803 got positive results for the virus. 38 more died from the disease, raising the death toll to 1,343, she said.

Besides, 1,975 more have made recovery and taking the cured patients to 40,164, she added. 

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 451,704 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 8,419,107 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 4,430,932 people recovered from the virus, the website said.