With the deaths of five more people in the last 24 hours until 8:00 am on Wednesday, Bangladesh's COVID-19 death count now stands at 8,428.
During this timeline, 614 fresh cases were reported, taking the total virus cases to 5,47,930.
The
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirmed the matter
through a press release signed by Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional
Director General of DGHS, today afternoon.
Health authorities also reported 936 more
recoveries over the preceding 24 hours, taking the total number of
recoveries to 4,99,627.
In the last 24 hours, 217 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 16,414 samples.
With this, a total of 40,89,336 samples were tested in the country.
The infection rate is 3.74 per cent in the last 24 hours, compared to the samples tested, while the overall infection rate is 13.40 per cent.
So far, the recovery rate is 91.18 per cent and the mortality rate is 1.54 per cent.
China reported first death from the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the
capital of Central China’s Hubei province, on January 11 last year.
Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus case on March 8 last year and the first death on March 18 the same year.
According to Worldometer's COVID-19 data, the deadly virus has killed 25,62,206 people globally and infected 11,53,69,742 as of today afternoon.