BSS, Dhaka :
Bangladesh recorded 11 novel coronavirus (Covid-19) deaths and 470 fresh cases overnight. The recovery count rose to 4,95,498 after another 743 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Friday.
“Eleven more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 8,395,” the press release said. It said the tally of infections has surged to 5,45,424 as 470 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 15,032 samples were tested at 214 authorized laboratories across the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 3.13 percent tested positive, while 13.57 percent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the press release added.
Among the total infections, 90.85 percent patients have recovered, while 1.54 percent died so far since the first Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8. Among 11 deaths, six are male and five is female the press release said, adding two are in their 50s while nine are above 60 years.
According to the division-wise data, seven deaths took place in Dhaka division. Among the total 8,395 fatalities, 4,699 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 1,536 in Chattogram division, 478 in Rajshahi division, 560 in Khulna division, 253 in Barishal division, 310 in Sylhet division, 363 in Rangpur division and 196 in Mymensingh division, according to the press release.
A total of 40,18,268 samples have so far been tested since the detection of the first Covid-19 cases in the country.
The DGHS said in order to make treatment facilities easily available for the COVID-19 patients, the government has introduced telemedicine services comprising 100 physicians for round the clock in the country.
It added that 2,37,26,446 people received healthcare services from hotline mobile numbers and health web portals as the government formed a group of medical professionals to provide emergency healthcare services.
