News Desk :
Bangladesh has crossed the grim milestones of 1 million COVID-19 cases and 16,000 deaths amid a catastrophic surge in infections across the country.
The government on Friday reported 212 new fatalities from the coronavirus infection, a new daily record, taking the death toll to 16,004.
Meanwhile, the caseload surged by 11,324 in the 24 hours to 8 am Friday, according to the latest government data, reports bdnews24.com.
Khulna accounted for 79 fatalities in the
single-day count, the most among the eight divisions in the country. Dhaka was second with 53 deaths, followed by Chattogram with 26 and Rajshahi with 23.
In terms of new cases, Dhaka posted the highest daily tally among the eight divisions with 4,313. Chattogram saw 1,859 and Khulna 1,565, while Rajshahi saw 1,246 new infections in the past 24 hours.
Nationwide, another 6,038 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 862,384.
