5 more die from Covid, 404 infected
Bangladesh recorded five novel coronavirus deaths and 404 fresh cases in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday.
The recovery count rose to 4,86,393 after another 422 patients were discharged from hospitals during the period, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services.
"Five more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 8,253," the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 5,39,975 as 404 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 14,328 samples were tested at 210 authorised laboratories across the country during the time.
Of the samples tested in the past 24 hours, 2.82 percent were positive, while 14.13 percent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 90.08 percent patients have recovered, while 1.53 percent died so far since the first Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8 last year.
Of the five deaths, four are male, the release said, adding two are in their 50s while three are above 60 years.
According to the division-wise data, four people died in Dhaka division and the rest are in other divisions.
Among the total 8,253 fatalities, 4,603 people died in Dhaka division, 1,515 in Chattogram division, 470 in Rajshahi division, 556 in Khulna division, 249 in Barishal division, 308 in Sylhet division, 359 in Rangpur division and 193 in Mymensingh division, according to the release.
Some 38,22,345 samples have so far been tested since the detection of the first Covid-19 cases in the country.
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