8 more die of Covid-19, 326 get infected
Bangladesh recorded eight more Covid-19-related deaths and 326 fresh cases in 24 hours till yesterday morning, showing a small rise in infection rate.
With the fresh figures, the death toll from the virus in the country rose to 8,274 and the caseload to 540,592, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
In a handout, the DGHS said the daily novel coronavirus infection rate in Bangladesh rose to 2.53 percent from Saturday's 2.26 percent. The overall infection rate is now 14.05 percent.
The mortality rate stood at 1.53 percent on Sunday, the handout said, adding that 487,229 patients (90.13 percent) have recovered so far.
As of now, 3,848,116 samples have been tested, including 12,900 in the same 24-hour period.
Bangladesh reported its first novel coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on March 18.
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