Covid-19 kills 19 more, 1,767 infected

The daily number of Covid-19 infections in Bangladesh have been on a rising trend this month, with 1,767 new cases and 19 deaths reported till Friday morning.

Deaths from the novel coronavirus reached 6,159 in the country, while the death rate stood at 1.44%. Total confirmed cases rose to 428,965, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

A total of 13,539 new samples were tested in the past 24 hours.

The daily infection rate stood at 13.05% and the overall infection rate of the country at 17.05%.

However, 1,519 people recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours. So far, 346,387 patients, 80.75%, have recovered from the disease.

So far, 3,226 people have died in the Dhaka division, 1,209 in Chattogram, 481 in Khulna, 376 in Rajshahi, 276 in Rangpur, 257 in Sylhet, 206 in Barishal, and 128 in Mymensingh.

Bangladesh reported its first case of Covid-19 on March 8. Infections reached the 300,000-mark on August 26. The first death was reported on March 18 and the death toll crossed 6,000 on November 4.

The country has extended the closure of educational institutions, which were last open in March, until December 19 amid the risk of a second wave of Covid-19 infections during winter.