Covid-19: current infection rate 21.20pc, recovery rate 54.48pc
Thirty-nine people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said during a briefing.
The death toll now stands at 2,496 and the death rate at 1.27 percent.
Two thousand seven hundred and thirty-three people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
The current infection rate is 21.20 percent and the total number of infections in the country is 1,96,323.
The total infection rate stands at 19.76 percent.
Bangladesh remains the 17th worst affected country in the world in terms of the number of cases.
The position is one step ahead of France and one step behind Germany, according to worldometer.info.
A total of 12,889 samples were tested in 80 labs across the country in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima said.
Meanwhile, 1,940 Covid-19 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, the DGHS said today.
The total number of recoveries stands at 1,06,963 and the recovery rate at 54.48 percent.
A total of 867 people were put under isolation in the last 24 hours.
Among the deceased, 31 were male while 16 were from Dhaka, six from Chattogram, three from Sylhet, three from Rangpur, two from Barishal, one from Rajshahi and six were from Khulna division.
Of them, one was under 10, one was between 11-20, two between 31-40, three within 41-50, 12 between 51-60, 15 between 61-70, four within 71-80 and one was 81-90 years old, Dr Nasima also said.
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