42 more die from coronavirus in 24 hours

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 2,751 as 42 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 2,744 more have been infected with the virus, raising the number of such cases to 213,254. 

Professor Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services, said while presenting the daily health bulletin on Wednesday.  

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 619,823 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 15,108,330 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 9,128,725 people recovered from the virus, the website said.