Country reports 19 more deaths
UNB, Dhaka :
Amid rise in Covid -19 infections in Bangladesh, health authorities on Friday reported 1,884 new cases in 24 hours, pushing the country’s total tally to 487,849.
Besides, 19 more people died from the disease during the period, raising the death toll to 6,986.
The mortality rate, however, is still at 1.43 percent, said the Directorate General of Health Services.
So far, 414,318 patients – 84.93 percent-including 3,866 new ones in the last 24 hours have recovered.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8.
The infection number reached the 300,000-mark on August 26. The first death was reported on March 18 and the death toll exceeded 6,000 on November 4.
Until now, 2,944,252 tests have been carried out, including 16,323 new ones, and 16.57 percent of the patients turned out to be positive.
Bangladesh is seeing 2864.54 infections, 2432.78 recoveries, and 41.02 deaths per million.
Amid rise in Covid -19 infections in Bangladesh, health authorities on Friday reported 1,884 new cases in 24 hours, pushing the country’s total tally to 487,849.
Besides, 19 more people died from the disease during the period, raising the death toll to 6,986.
The mortality rate, however, is still at 1.43 percent, said the Directorate General of Health Services.
So far, 414,318 patients – 84.93 percent-including 3,866 new ones in the last 24 hours have recovered.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8.
The infection number reached the 300,000-mark on August 26. The first death was reported on March 18 and the death toll exceeded 6,000 on November 4.
Until now, 2,944,252 tests have been carried out, including 16,323 new ones, and 16.57 percent of the patients turned out to be positive.
Bangladesh is seeing 2864.54 infections, 2432.78 recoveries, and 41.02 deaths per million.
