Coronavirus death toll rises to 2,151

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 2,151 as 55 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours, Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said during a press briefing on Tuesday. 

Besides, three hundred and twenty-seven coronavirus cases have also been detected, raising the number of such cases to 168,645, she said.   

In the last 24 hours, 13,173 samples were examined and out of them 3,027 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 1,953 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 78,102, 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 541,092 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 11,758,046 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 6,753,371 people recovered from the virus, the website said.