247 more die of Coronavirus in 24 hours

The death toll from COVID-19 has reached 19,521 as 247 more people died from the disease in the last 24 hours. This is the highest deaths from the virus in a single day in the country.

Besides, 15,192 more tested positive for the virus, raising the number of such cases to 11,79,827.

Directorate General of Health Services confirmed the information through a press release on Monday.

In the last 24 hours, 50,952 samples were examined and out of them 15,192 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 11,052 more recovered from the virus, taking the total recoveries to 10,09,975, the press release added.

Bangladesh reported its first three cases of COVID-19 on March 8 last year.

The new coronavirus pandemic first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December in 2019.

The World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11 last year.

The deadly virus spread to 220 countries and territories, killing some 4,178,305 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

As many as 194,969,465 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 176,888,936 people recovered from the virus, the website said.