By: AswathyP
Forty-one people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS, said during a briefing.
The death toll now stands at 2,238 and the death rate at 1.28 percent.
Three thousand three hundred and sixty people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
The current infection rate is 21.49 percent and the total number of infections in the country is 1,75,494.
The total infection rate so far stands at 19.4 percent.
Bangladesh remains the 17th worst affected country in the world in terms of the number of cases. The position is one step ahead of France and one step behind Germany, according to worldometer.info.
A total of 15,632 samples were tested in 76 labs across the country in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima said.
Meanwhile, 3,706 Covid-19 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
The total number of recoveries has reached 84,544 and the current recovery rate is 48.17 percent.
A total of 879 people were put under isolation in the last 24 hours.
Among the deceased, 12 were female while 12 were from Dhaka, 14 from Chattogram, six from Khulna, two from Rajshahi, two from Mymensingh, two from Sylhet and three were from Rangpur division.
Of them, one was between 0-10 years old, one within 11-20, two between 31-40, three within 41-50, 11 between 51-60, 12 between 61-70, nine within 71-80 and two were between 81-90 years old, Dr Nasima also said.
