40 more die from coronavirus in 24-hr

The number of coronavirus cases has reached 130,474 as 3,868 new cases have been detected in the last 24 hours.  

Besides, 40 more people died from the disease, raising the death toll to 1,661.

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

In the last 24 hours, 18,498 samples were examined and out of them 3,868 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 1,638 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 53,133, 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 492,085 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 9,724,146 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 5,260,762 people recovered from the virus, the website said.