Coronavirus: 37 die, 2595 infected, 1641 recover in 24 hours

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 3,694 as 37 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 2,595 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 279,144.

Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Monday noon. 

In the last 24 hours, 12,523 samples were examined and out of them 2,595 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 1,641 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 160,591, the press release added. 

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 773,279 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 21,842,782 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 14,570,347 people recovered from the virus, the website said.