Ten more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Monday, taking the death toll in the country to 101.
Besides, 492 more people tested positive for coronavirus during the period, taking the number of such cases in the country to 2948.
Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh
Update on: (20-April-2020)
Status | New | Total |
Cases | 492 | 2,948 |
Death | 10 | 101 |
Recovered | 10 | 85 |
Test | 2,779 | 26,604 |
Prof Nasima Sultana, additional director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), came up with the disclosure in the daily health bulletin of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) in the afternoon.
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She said 10 more people have recovered from the disease, raising the number of people who have already made recovery to 85.
Prof Nasima said 2,779 samples were tested in the 24 hours. With this, a total of 26,604 samples have so far been tested in the country.
On Sunday, Bangladesh reported seven more deaths from coronavirus and 312 new cases.
Meanwhile, the global death toll from coronavirus has reached 165,058 as of Monday morning.
It has so far infected 2,406,905 people around the world, according to Worldometer.
Of them, 1,624,834 are currently being treated and 54,218 of them are in serious or critical condition.
So far, 617,013 people have recovered.
Coronavirus is affecting 210 countries and territories around the world and two international conveyances.
The World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.