Coronavirus: 27 die, 835 infected, 978 recover in 24 hours

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,626 as 27 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. 

Besides, 835 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 516,019.

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

In the last 24 hours, 10,925 samples were examined and out of them 835 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 978 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 460,598 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 1,844,848 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 85,032,215 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 60,163,279 people recovered from the virus, the website said.