3 more die of coronavirus, death toll now 12 in Bangladesh

3 more people have died of coronavirus, taking the total death toll in the country to twelve, according to IEDCR.

However, 35 more people have been tested positive in Bangladesh for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 123, it added.

This is the biggest jump in positive tests over a 24-hour period since Bangladesh announced its first cases on March 8.

Three others have returned home after recovery in the last 48 hours raising the total of recovered patients to 33.

The global death toll from novel coronavirus (COVID-19) reached 69,757 as of Monday.

The virus, first reported in China, has so far infected 12,78,523 people around the world, according to worldometer.

The infected, 942,034 are currently being treated while 45,897 of them are in serious or critical condition.

So far, 266,732 of those infected have recovered.