Bangladesh on Wednesday saw the highest-ever jump in coronavirus cases in a single day again as the health authorities confirmed the detection of 4,008 new patients in the span of 24 hours, increasing the total number of cases to 98,489.

As the global coronavirus situation continues to worsen the death toll from the virus infection  stood at 441,439 as of Wednesday  morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of  Johns Hopkins University. Besides, the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases has gone up to 8,152, 885.