Bangladesh on Monday recorded 28 more deaths from the novel coronavirus and 2,419 fresh cases overnight.
The recovery count rose to 364,611 after another 2,183 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
“Twenty-eight more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 6,416,” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 449,760 as 2,419 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 16,059 samples were tested at 117 authorized laboratories across the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 15.06 per cent tested positive, while 16.88 per cent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 81.07 per cent of patients have recovered, while 1.43 per cent died so far since the first Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8.
