Coronavirus death toll rises to 2801

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 2,801 as 50 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 2,856 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 216,110. 

Professor Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services, said during a press briefing on Thursday.

In the last 24 hours, 12,398 samples were examined and out of them 2,856 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 2,006 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 119,208.

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 630,537 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 15,390,252 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 9,367,463 people recovered from the virus, the website said.