Record 40 die from coronavirus in Bangladesh

The death tally from coronavirus in Bangladesh has reached 650 as record 40 more people died in the last 24 hours.

Besides, 2,545 more tested positive for coronavirus, raising the number of such cases to 47,153.It's also a record for a single day  Covid-19 positive count.

Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said this while presenting the regular health bulletin through online on Sunday.

In the last 24 hours, 11,876 samples were examined and out of them 2,545 got positive results for the virus. Apart from, 406 more have made recovery from the disease, raising the total number to 9,781, she said.