Staff Reporter :
The number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rose to 630,277 as 5,683 more cases were reported in the last 24 hours until 8:00am on Saturday.
Besides, 58 more Covid-19 patients died during that time raising the total deaths in the country to 9,213, said a press release of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Saturday.
The number of detections of novel coronavirus infected people has been rising steeply in Bangladesh for the last few days. On 1 April, the country reported over 6,000 cases (6,469) in 24 hours for the first time since the pandemic began. Some 6,830 new cases were reorted on 2 April.
Bangladesh detected first coronavirus patient on 8 March last year and recorded first death on 18 March that year.
