Bangladesh recorded 30 novel Covid-19 deaths and 834 fresh cases in the last 24 hours.
The recovery count rose to 4,50,488 after another 1,685 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Saturday.
“Thirty more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 7,428,” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 5,08,099 as 834 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 9,912 samples were tested at authorized laboratories across the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 8.41 percent tested positive, while 16.08 percent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 88.66 percent patients have recovered, while 1.46 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8. UNB