Coronavirus: 33 die, 2966 infected, 1535 recover in 24 hours

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 3,471 as 33 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 2,966 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 263,503.

Professor Nasima Sultana, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services, said during a daily health bulletin on Tuesday.

In the last 24 hours, 14,825 samples were examined and out of them 2,966 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 1,535 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 151,972, 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 739,457 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 20,270,564 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 13,199,518 people recovered from the virus, the website said.