Bangladesh Reports 3 More Coronavirus Deaths

3 more novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients died in the last 24 hours in Bangladesh, taking the total number of deaths to 12.

35 more people tested positive for the virus during the meantime, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said Monday.

''Death toll from the virus infection is now 12. Twenty-nine more people were tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of cases to 123,'' he said in an online briefing.

The global death toll from novel coronavirus (COVID-19) reached 69,480 as of Monday.

The virus, first reported in China, has so far infected 1,274,346 people around the world, according to worldometer.