Bangladesh reports 19 more COVID-19 deaths
Dhaka/UNI: The death toll from novel coronavirus has reached 269 as 19 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in the country on Wednesday
Of the 19, 12 are male and seven are female.
Besides, 1,162 more cases have been detected, taking the total number to 17,822.
Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said while presenting the regular health bulletin through online on Wednesday.
In the last 24 hours, 7,900 samples were examined and out of them 1,162 got positive results for the virus. 214 more have also recovered, raising the number of cured patients to 3,361, she said. 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 212 countries and territories, killing some 293,111 people globally, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.
As many as 4,356,628 people worldwide caught the virus. Among them, 1,610,725 people recovered from the virus, the website said.
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