3 more die of coronavirus, 497 new cases detected in Bangladesh

Three more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Tuesday, taking the death toll in the country to 155.

Besides, 549 more people tested positive for coronavirus during the period, raising the number of such cases in the country to 6,462.

Additional Director General (Admin) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Nasima Sultana disclosed the latest figures of deaths and infections in a daily online bulletin on coronavirus situation in Dhaka Tuesday afternoon.

The total number of recovery has risen to 139 as eight more people have recovered, she said.

In the last 24 hours, several coronavirus testing laboratories across the country, tested 4,332 samples, she added.