76 more die of Covid-19 in 24hrs

Some 76 more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 13,702.

During the period, 4,846 more people were diagnosed with the virus, raising the total infection to 8,61,150, the health directorate said in a press release on Tuesday.

Of the total patients, 7,88,385 recovered, with 2,903 made recovery in the last 24 hours.

Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year. Since then the country has been struggling to limit the spread of the highly contagious virus.

Coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year and then spread to newer countries and territories.

To date, the epidemic infected 179,662,365 people and killed 3,890,970 across the globe, according to Worldometer, a website that compiles the number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

However, the total number of people who recovered from the coronavirus pandemic reached 164,356,736 across the world.

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