Coronavirus Cases Surpass 1 Lakh Mark

Bangladesh saw a big jump in coronavirus cases on Thursday after the health authorities confirmed that 3,803 new patients detected in the last 24 hours, bringing the total cases to 1,02,292.

COVID-19 claimed 38 lives in the same period, taking the death toll in the country to 1,343.

Additional Director-General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof. Dr. Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at its daily online briefing.

In the last 24 hours, 61 laboratories across the country tested 16,259 samples, she added.

Bangladesh confirmed its first cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18 but it has been seeing a sharp rise in both new cases and deaths in recent weeks.

Global Situation

The global death toll from the deadly coronavirus stood at 448,474 as of Thursday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of  Johns Hopkins University.

Besides, the number of confirmed COVID-19 Disease, caused by the virus, cases have gone up to 8,329,221.

According to JHU data, Brazil and Russia have come up to the second and the third positions after the US with 955,377 and 552,549 confirmed cases as of Thursday.

Meanwhile, India has come up to the fourth position after Russia with 354,065 confirmed Covid-19 cases. The country has so far reported 11,903 deaths.

Brazil counted the second-highest deaths after the US as it reported 46,510 deaths from the virus till the date.