The health authorities on Sunday confirmed the detection of the 3,141 new coronavirus patients in the span of 24 hours, raising the total number to 87,520.   During this period, 32 people died of coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 1,171.   Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at a daily health bulletin.   Sixty laboratories across the country tested 14,505 samples in the last 24 hours, she added.

As the death toll from coronavirus has jumped to 101 in Bangladesh with the outbreak showing a rise, Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana on Monday said, "We’re in a great crisis”.