Bangladesh on Monday recorded 16 more deaths from the novel coronavirus infection and 697 fresh cases overnight.
The recovery count rose to 473,173 after another 736 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
“Sixteen more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 7,922,” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 528,329 as 697 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 12,707 samples were tested at 199 authorized laboratories across the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 5.49 per cent tested positive, while 15.22 per cent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 89.56 per cent of patients have recovered, while 1.50 per cent died so far since the first Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8.
