The death toll from coronavirus continues to rise in Bangladesh as 10 more people died from the virus infection in the last 24 hours till Monday, taking the total casualties in the country to 101.

Italian health officials said Sunday that the nationwide quarantine put into place nearly a month ago is starting to show measurable results, as the one-day coronavirus death toll showed its smallest increase in nearly three weeks and the number of hospitalized patients declined.

No new patient tested positive for COVID-19 in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, keeping the total number of confirmed cases at 48.

The death toll from the coronavirus or COVID-19 has jumped to 18,895 globally as of Wednesday.