Coronavirus death toll reaches 3000

The death toll from coronavirus or COVID-19 has reached 3,000 as 35 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 2,960 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 229,185. 

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

In the last 24 hours, 12,714 samples were examined and out of them 2,960 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 1,731 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 127,414.

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 656,928 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 16,661,850 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 10,255,956 people recovered from the virus, the website said.