Five die, 410 get infected with Covid
Five more Covid-19-related deaths and 410 new cases were reported in the country in 24 hours till yesterday morning.
A total of 957 people recovered during the same period, said the Directorate General of Health Services in a handout.
With the updated figures, the Covid-19 fatalities climbed to 8,384 and the number of total infections to 544,954 in Bangladesh.
The daily infection rate now stands at 2.63 percent which was 2.65 percent on Wednesday, the latest figures showed.
The overall infection rate slightly fell to 13.61 percent, which was 13.66 percent on Wednesday.
The mortality rate remained steady at 1.54 percent for the past few days, the DGHS handout said.
So far, 494,755 patients (90.79 percent) have recovered from Covid-19.
The authorities have so far tested 4,003,236 samples, including 15,560 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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