57pc coronavirus infected from Dhaka city: IEDCR

Dhaka, the overpopulated capital of Bangladesh, has been hit the hardest during the coronavirus pandemic as the city has more than half of the confirmed cases in the country, government data showed.

Until Friday, the city reported 8,593 cases or 57.89 per cent of the total cases, according to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

Districts and areas under Dhaka division, except the capital city, have 3,157 confirmed cases.

The total number of coronavirus patients in Bangladesh shot past 20,000 on Friday.

Dhaka division, except the capital city, had 21.27 per cent of the cases.

Besides, Chattogram division recorded 1,333 cases, the second-highest number among the divisions.

Apart from these, Sylhet has 1.48 per cent cases while Rangpur 2.57 per cent, Khulna 1.85 per cent, Mymensingh 3.5 per cent, Barishal 1.06 per cent and Rajshahi reprted 1.4 per cent of the total cases.

Bangladesh witnessed a surge in coronavirus cases on Friday as 1,202 more people tested positive in the span of 24 hours.

During the period, 15 people died of COVID-19, taking the death tally to 298.

Coronavirus, first reported in China in December last year, has spread to 213 countries and territories and infected about 4.5 million people.

The confirmed number of deaths was 302,376 until Friday, according to Worldometer.