Coronavirus: 26 die, 1812 infected, 2512 recover in 24 hours

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 4,759 as 26 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 1812 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 339,332.

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

In the last 24 hours, 14,216 samples were examined and out of them 1,812 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 2,512 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 243,155, 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 928,830 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 29,206,638 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 21,041,833 people recovered from the virus, the website said.