Thirty-two people died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Sunday.
“Including the new fatalities, the death toll now reached to 1,171 and the death rate at 1.34 percent,” Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General (Administration) of DGHS, said in a press briefing.
Meanwhile, 3,141 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the same period.
“With the new figure the total numbers of infections in the country now stand at 87,520. The infection rate is now 21.65 percent,” the DGHS official said.
She said total 14,505 samples were tested in 60 laboratories across the country in the period.
Besides, 903 Covid-19 patients have recovered since Saturday, taking the total number of recoveries to 18,730. Now the recovery rate is 21.40 percent, Dr. Sultana added.
She said that among the deceased, 27 were males and five females.
Dr. Sultana said also that 16, among the deceased were from Dhaka, 11 from Chattogram, two from Sylhet, one each from Barishal, Rangpur and Mymensingh divisions.
Professor Sultana said, that among the deceased, one was between 21-30 years old, one between 31-40, six within 41-50, 10 within 51-60, nine between 61-70, two within 71-80 and the rest of the three were between 81-90 years old.
She said that 20 of the deceased died at different hospitals. Besiedes, 11 died at their homes, and one was declared dead when the patient was taken to a hospital.
The DGHS official said that total 712 people were put under isolation in the last 24 hours.
Bangladesh has reported its first Covid-19 infection cases on March 8 and announced first death from the virus on March 18.
