Coronavirus Death Toll Stands Now 846

Bangladesh continues to see a quick rise in the number of coronavirus cases on Saturday as health authorities confirmed the detection of 2,635 cases in the 24-hour period until the morning.

The refreshed number of confirmed cases in the country now stands 63,026.

"During this period, 35 patients died, bringing the death count to 846," said Prof. Nasima Sultana, Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General for Health Services (DGHS), during a regular online briefing.

Meanwhile, 521 more people recovered from the COVID-19 disease in this period, taking the total number of recovered patients to 13,325.

In the last 24 hours, 50 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 12,486 samples, she added.

Bangladesh confirmed its first coronavirus cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18.

Global Situation

The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed over 389,645 lives globally while the number confirmed coronavirus cases has gone up to 6,601,349 as of Friday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of the Johns Hopkins University.

According to JHU data, Brazil has 584,016 confirmed coronavirus cases, the second-highest in the world after the USA. The South American country lost 32,548 lives to COVID-19 to date.

The US has the highest number of confirmed cases and deaths. It recorded 108,208 deaths and 1,872,557 cases so far. In the US, New York State alone counted 30,174 deaths to date.

The UK has the second-highest death toll at 39, 987, followed by Italy with 33,689, France 29,068 and Spain 27,133, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The global confirmed coronavirus cases have exceeded 6.7 million globally, with over 394,787 fatalities, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University.

Besides, more than 2.9 million recoveries have been recorded.

The US now has now confirmed 1,897,239 cases and the death toll reached 109,127.

The UK has become the second country to cross the 40,000 mark of coronavirus fatalities while Brazil’s coronavirus death toll has reached 34,021 as the third-highest in the world after the U.S. and the UK.

Meanwhile, in terms of confirmed coronavirus cases, Brazil is now in the second position with 614,941 confirmed cases followed by Russia (449,256), United Kingdom (284,734) and Spain (240,978) and India (236,184).

The World Health Organization advised governments around the world on Friday to encourage people to wear masks in regions where physical distancing is difficult.

Some countries around the world already recommend or mandate the wearing of face coverings in public.

The WHO had previously argued there was not enough evidence to say that healthy people should wear masks.

Coronavirus cases were first reported in China in December last year.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.