More 45 people have died of coronavirus infections in the span of 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Friday.
“Including the new fatalities, the death toll now stands at 1,388 and the death rate is now 1.32 percent,” Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General (Administration) of DGHS, said in a regular press briefing in Dhaka.
The DGHS official said that 3,243 more people tested positive of the virus in the same period which take the total number of infections in the country to 1,05,535.
A total of 15,045 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima said.
Besides, Dr. Sultana said, 2,781 Covid-19 patients have recovered and released from different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours.
She said that the total number of recoveries are now stand at 42,945 and the current recovery rate is 40.69 percent.
Meanwhile, total 684 people were put under isolation in the same span, Dr. Sultana added.
Of the deceased, 32 were males and 13 females, while most of them were from Dhaka and Chattogram divisions.
Among them, one was between 11-20 years old, three within 21-30, four between 31-40, ten within 41-50, nine within 51-60, 11 between 61-70, four from 71-80, and the other three were between 81-90 years old.
