COVID-19: 50 die, 2928 infected, 1914 recover

The death toll from coronavirus or COVID-19 has reached 2,668 as 50 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 2,928 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 207,453. 

Professor Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services, came up with the disclosure at its daily health bulletin on Monday.

In the last 24 hours, 13,362 samples were examined and out of them 2,928 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 1,914 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 113,556.

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 609,175 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 14,660,436 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 8,745,219 people recovered from the virus, the website said.