One Covid death, 678 cases recorded in 24 hrs

The Bangladesh government reported one COVID-19 death and 678 cases in the last 24 hours.

With this, the total number of fatalities increased to 29,346, and infections stood at 20,20,148. 

The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Thursday.

The new cases were found after testing 4,798 samples in the past day.

During the period, 339 patients recovered from the illness, taking the total recoveries to 19,61,819.

Bangladesh, however, first reported its coronavirus cases on March 8, 2020. 

The virus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 and then it spread to other countries.

To date, the epidemic infected 618,773,819 people and killed 6,535,018 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 virus reached 598,691,518 across the world.