Online desk ; Bangladesh reported 43 more deaths and 3,412 confirmed cases of coronavirus in last 24 hrs till Tuesday afternoon.
Now, the death tally stood at 1,545 while the infection cases at 1,19,198.
Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), confirmed the matter in the daily online bulletin on the COVID-19 situation in the afternoon.
She urged everyone to stay at home and follow the health guidelines issued by the DGHS and World Health Organisation. She also requested people to use masks outdoor and wash hands with soap.
A total of 16,292 samples were tested in 65 labs across the country in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, 880 more COVID-19 patients have recovered, taking the total recovery number to 47,635. People should careful about children and pregnant woman at their family, Dr Nasima advised.
The global death toll from COVID-19 reached 471,640 on Tuesday morning while the confirmed cases were 9,074,624, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of the Johns Hopkins University.
According to JHU data, South American country Brazil has come up to the second position with 1,106,470 confirmed cases and 51,271 deaths so far
