Bangladesh sees spike in daily Covid-19 cases

Bangladesh recorded 28 novel coronavirus deaths and 2,419 fresh cases during the last 24 hours until Monday morning.

The recovery count rose to 3,64,611 after another 2,183 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

“Twenty-eight more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 6,416,” the release said, reports BSS.

It said the tally of infections has surged to 4,497,60 as 2,419 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

A total of 16,059 samples were tested at 117 authorized laboratories across the country during the time.

Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 15.06 percent tested positive, while 16.88 percent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the release added.

Among the total infections, 81.07 percent patients have recovered, while 1.43 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8.