Dhaka: Three more people have died from the coronavirus infection, taking the body count to 155 in Bangladesh.

The tally of cases soared to 6,462 in the same period after another 549 people in a single-day record jump tested positive for COVID-19 from 4,332 samples, DGHS Additional Director General Nasima Sultana said on Tuesday.

All of the fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours were residents of Dhaka and aged over 60, according to the health directorate.

Eight more patients recovered from the virus during that period, raising the number of recoveries to 139.

Many more people have recovered from treatment at home but the government's data does not reflect that, said Nasima.

The coronavirus spread to 60 of the country's 64 districts. Satkhira, Khagrachhari, Rangamati and Natore are the only districts that are yet to report any COVID-19 case.

Bangladesh reported its first cases of the coronavirus on Mar 8 with a total of 6,462 cases reported so far.

Globally, over 3 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 211,220 have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

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