Ten more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Thursday, taking the death toll in the country to 60.

Besides, 341 more people tested positive for coronavirus during the period, taking the number of such cases in the country to 1,572.

Coronavirus Update in Bangladesh

Update on: (16-April-2020)

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).

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She said 2,019 samples were tested during the period.

On Wednesday, Bangladesh reported four more deaths from coronavirus and 219 new cases.

Meanwhile, the global death toll from coronavirus has reached 134,610 as of Thursday morning.
 
Besides, it has so far infected 2,083,237 people around the world, according to Worldometer.
 
Of those infected, 1,438,298 are currently being treated and 51,142 of them are in serious or critical condition.
 
So far 510,329 patients 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.