Total Covid-19 infections nearing 1.5 lakh
Forty-one 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 1,888 and the death rate at 1.26 percent.
Three thousand seven hundred and seventy-five people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
With this, the current infection rate is 21.12 percent and the total number of infections in the country is 1,49,258.
The total infection rate so far stands at 19.03 percent.
A total of 17,875 samples were tested in 69 labs across the country in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima said.
Meanwhile, 2,484 Covid-19 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, the DGHS said today.
The total number of recoveries has reached 62,108 and the current recovery rate is 41.61 percent, Dr Nasima said.
According to the DGHS data, 43.27 percent of all 1,888 deceased were over 60 years old while 28.81 percent were aged between 51 and 60 years, 14.99 percent between 41 and 50, while others were from under 10 to 40 years old.
A total of 955 people were put under isolation throughout the country in the last 24 hours, the DGHS official said.
Among the deceased, 38 were male and three female. Of them, 13 were from Dhaka, 17 from Chattogram, five from Khulna, three from Barishal, one from Rangpur and two from Sylhet divisions.
Of the deceased, four were between 31-40 years old, five within 41-50, 12 between 51-60, 11 between 61-70, seven within 71-80, one between 81-90 and another was 100 years old, Dr Nasima also said.
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