Coronavirus: 41 die, 3057 infected, 1841 recover in 24 hours

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 2,709 as 41 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 3057 more have been infected with the virus, raising the number of such cases to 210,510, Professor Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services, said during a press briefing on Tuesday.

In the last 24 hours, 12,898 samples were examined and out of them 3,057 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 1,841 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 115,397, 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 613,600 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 14,870,983 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 8,926,264 people recovered from the virus, the website said.