Coronavirus recoveries pass 1 lakh in Bangladesh

The number of recoveries from COVID-19 in Bangladesh has crossed 1 lakh. New recoveries jumped by 4,910, bringing the nationwide total to 103,227.

Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said this while presenting the daily health bulletin on Tuesday. 

The confirmed coronavirus cases in the country reached 190,057 as 3,163 more cases were detected in the last 24 hours. Besides, 33 more people died from the disease, raising the death toll to 2,424, 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 575,889 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 13,253,005 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 7,723,217 people recovered from the virus, the website said.