DGHS reports three more virus deaths, 790 fresh cases

Three more people died from novel coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours to 8:00am on Wednesday, bringing the body count to 186.

Besides, 790 others were diagnosed with COVID-19 during the same period, taking the number of such cases in the country to 11,719, said Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general of the Directorate General (Administration) of Health Services (DGHS), while briefing the media live at 2:30pm.

This is the highest single-day cases the country has so far reported since March 08, when it first registered three new cases in the country.

The fresh coronavirus infections were found after testing 6,241 samples during the period under review, she said.

Meanwhile, the global death toll from coronavirus has reached 258,511 as of Wednesday noon.

It has so far infected 3,741,444 people around the world, according to Worldometer - a website that provides real-time updates.

Of them, 2,235,470 are currently being treated and 49,243 of them are in serious or critical condition.

So far, 1,247,463 people have recovered.

The novel coronavirus disease was first reported in China in December last year.

As the COVID-19 began sweeping across the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a pandemic on March 11 this year.