Staff Reporter :
The death toll in Bangladesh from the novel coronavirus has climbed to 101, the health ministry announced Monday.
“101 people have died of coronavirus in the country, with 10 new fatalities and 492 fresh cases in the last 24 hours alone, the highest so far, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 2,948,” Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general at Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), revealed the latest figures of deaths and infections at a virtual media briefing in Dhaka in the afternoon.
She said, among the new deceased — eight men and two women — four were above the age of 60, four others were aged between 51 and 60, and the rest aged 41 to 50.
Of the dead, five were from Dhaka, four from Narayanganj, and one was from Narsingdi, Nasima said.
Among the newly-infected patients, 19.5 percent are from Gazipur, 13.5 percent from Kishoreganj and 6 percent from Narsingdi. Many of them are from Dhaka city and Narayanganj, Dr Nasima added.
Fifty-seven people were put under isolation in the last 24 hours across the country, she added.
A total of 2,779 samples were tested across the country since yesterday which is 5.5 percent more than the previous day, Dr Nasima said. So far 26,604 samples have been tested for Covid-19 infections.
Dr Nasima also said that 10 people have recovered from the disease raising the total number of recoveries to 85.
As the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh showed no sign of slowing
down Dr Nasima said, “We’re in a great crisis”.
Brig Gen Dr Md Shahidullah, director of Central Medical Stores Depot also presented during the briefing the number of protective equipment handed over to healthcare workers and institutions so far.
He warned about spreading misinformation regarding the quality of the items provided by CMSD.
CMSD is determined to take legal measures against any person or institution trying to spread rumours regarding their activities and equipment supplied by them, he said.
Nasima also said that 10 people have recovered from the disease raising the total number of recoveries to 85.
The fast spreading coronavirus, which was first reported in China’s Wuhan, has claimed 165,759 lives and infected 2,418,845 people across the world till 4:15pm on Monday, according to worldometer.
As many as 633,363 people have recovered from Covid-19 which has spread to 210 countries and territories across the planet.
