Bangladesh on Sunday reported deaths of 14 coronavirus patients and also 887 new confirmed cases in 24 hours, which is the highest single-day record in new infections so far.
With the latest figures, the death toll in the country due to Covid-19 reached 228 and the total number of positive cases soared to 14,657 as of Sunday.
Additional Director General (Admin) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Nasima Sultana revealed the information at a regular online briefing on Sunday afternoon.
With 236 new patients, a total of 2,650 patients recovered from coronavirus till date.
Dr Nasima mentioned that a total of 5,642 samples were collected and 5,738 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
Among the 14 deceased, 10 were males and 4 females. They belonged to the following age groups: of the 10 males, four were aged between 41-50 Years, two between 51-60, three between 61-70, and one was between 91-100. Of the females, one belonged to the age group 30-40 years, another to 51-60, and the other two were 61-70 years old.
Meanwhile, the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection reached 4,024,009 all over the world as of Sunday morning, according to the Johns Hopkins University data.
A total of 279,311 deaths were recorded globally due to Covid-19 since the disease, caused by the new strain of coronavirus, was first reported in China in December last year.
Although cases of new infection keep growing among the infected world population currently, 98 percent are in mild condition.
Of the 2,379,384 currently infected patients, 2,331,703 are in mild condition, which is 98 percent, Worldometer records in its daily updates. 47,681 of the currently infected patients are in serious condition, and their percentage is only two.
So far, 1,375,624 people have recovered.
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