Coronavirus: 37 die, 2772 infected, 1801 recover in 24 hours

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 2,965 as 37 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 2,772 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 226,225, Professor Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services, said during a press briefing on Monday.

In the last 24 hours, 12,859 samples were examined and out of them 2,772 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 1,801 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 125,683, 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 652,511 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 16,435,240 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 10,058,613 people recovered from the virus, the website said.