11 more die, 446 infected with Covid
Covid-19 claimed 11 more lives and another 446 got infected in Bangladesh in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.
With the latest figures, the Covid-19 fatalities rose to 8,285 and the caseload to 541,038, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
In a handout, the DGHS said the daily coronavirus infection rate in Bangladesh rose to 3.15 percent from Sunday's 2.53 percent, while the overall infection rate stood at 14.01 percent.
However, the mortality rate remained almost steady at 1.53 percent for the past few days, said the handout, adding that 487,870 patients (90.17 percent) have recovered from the virus infection so far.
As of now, 3,862,254 samples have been tested, including 14,138 in the past 24 hours.
Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on March 18.
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