Bangladesh on Sunday recorded 18 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 1,474 fresh cases overnight.
The recovery count rose to 3,38,145 after another 1,577 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
“Eighteen more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 6,067,” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 4,20,238 as 1,474 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 12,760 samples were tested at 114 authorized laboratories across the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 11.55 percent tested positive, while 17.20 percent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 80.87 percent patients have recovered, while 1.44 percent died so far since the first Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8.
(Source: BSS)
