37 more die from coronavirus in 24-hr

The number of coronavirus cases has reached 122,660 as 3,462 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours.  

Besides, 37 more people died from the disease, raising the death toll to 1,582.

Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said this during the daily health bulletin through online on Wednesday.

In the last 24 hours, 16,433 samples were examined and out of them 3,462 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 2,031 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 49,666, 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 480,140 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 9,373,424 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 5,062,840 people recovered from the virus, the website said.