By: AswathyP
Confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh have surpassed 87,000 mark on Sunday as another 3,141 people tested positive in the past 24 hours.
With the latest figure, the number of total confirmed cases jumped to 87,520.
Meanwhile, the country also recorded 32 more deaths from the deadly disease over the same period, taking the number of fatalities to 1,171.
Additional Director General (Administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Prof Nasima Sultana, revealed the latest figures from Dhaka on Sunday afternoon, in a daily online bulletin on the Covid-19 situation.
Bangladesh, in the meantime, has outpaced China in the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in more than three months, though the deadly virus broke out in the East Asian country in December last year.
Bangladesh ranked 18th position in the list of Covid-19 worst-hit countries while China stood 19th with 83,132 infections until Sunday, according to worldometer.
However, fatalities due to the virus in China (4,634) are more than almost four times higher than the South Asian country.
