Coronavirus: 22 die, 849 infected, 917 recover in 24 hours

The death toll from coronavirus has reached 7,803 as 22 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. 

Besides, 849 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 523,302, Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release on Monday.

In the last 24 hours, 14,097 samples were examined and out of them 849 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 917 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 467,718 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 1,944,516 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 90,755,142 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 64,899,465 people recovered from the virus, the website said.