33 die, 3533 infected in 24 hours

The death toll from coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 2,457 as 33 more people died in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 3,533 more have been detected with the virus, raising the number of such cases to 193,590.

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

In the last 24 hours, 14,002 samples were examined and out of them 3,533 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 1,796 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 105,023.  

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 581,583 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 13,473,111 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 7,867,846 people recovered from the virus, the website said.