Staff Reporter :
Bangladesh has recorded two more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total count to 177.
The tally of Covid-19 infections spiralled to 9,455 in the same period after another 665 people tested positive from 5,368 samples in the biggest single-day spike so far, DGHS Additional Director General Nasima Sultana said on Sunday.
Both the latest fatalities were recorded in Rangpur and Narayanganj, according to government data. One of the deads was a child, while the other was over 60. An IEDCR analysis showed that 42 percent of the total deceased are above 60.
Dr. Nasima also revealed that the health authority’s Clinical Management Committee has set out new criteria to determine a successful recovery from Covid-19.
Meanwhile, the total number of recoveries rose to 1,063. Dr Nasima said they are following a new guideline of the Clinical Management Committee of Bangladesh on who will be declared as recovered patient.
She said that according to the guideline, 624 patients in Dhaka and 439 in other districts have recovered as of Sunday.
Based on the guidelines, the number of recovered patients in the country has been revised up to 1,063. The Health Directorate had previously put the tally of recoveries 177.
As many as 5,368 samples were tested in 31 authorised private and government-run laboratories across the country in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 81,434, said Nasima.
A total of 61 persons were put under isolation across the country in the last 24 hours, she also said.
Coronavirus, first reported in China in December last year, has infected 3,483,888 people around the world, according to worldometer. It killed more than 244,000 people until Sunday morning. So far, 1,108,886 people have recovered from Covid-19.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.
