• Friday, April 19, 2024

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Spike in Covid-19 infections continues

By: AswathyP

The death toll now stands at 186, said Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS, during a briefing.

Seven hundred and ninety people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. This is the highest number of positive cases detected in a day in the country so far.

With this, the total number of infected has reached 11,719.

A total of 6,241 samples were tested in 33 labs across the country since yesterday, Dr Nasima added.

Two of the deceased were male. Age-wise, two were above 60 and another between 41-50 years old.

Of them, two were from Dhaka, the DGHS official revealed.

A total of 184 people were put under isolation across the country in the last 24 hours, she added.

No new patients of Covid-19 recovered in the country in the last 24 hours. The total recovery number stands at 1,403.

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