Bangladesh reports 112 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hrs, cases top 900,000

The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, according to the government, on Tuesday rose to 904,436 as 7,666 more cases were reported, after testing 31,982 samples, including rapid antigen tests, in the last 24 hours.

During that time 112 more Covid-19 patients died, raising the total deaths in the country to 14,388, said a press release of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today.

The rate of detection in the last 24 hours until 8:00 am was 23.97 per cent, while the overall rate of detection of infected cases in Bangladesh as of Tuesday stands at 13.76 per cent.

The health directorate today said a total of 4,027 people were recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total recovery to 811,700.

The overall rate of people recovered as of today stands at 89.75 per cent while the rate of death is 1.59 per cent, it added.

Of the people died in the last 24 hours, 67 were male and 45 female. Of the total deaths so far, 10,253 were male (71.26 per cent) and 4,135 female (28.74 per cent).

Among the 112 patients died in the last 24 hours, 98 breathed their last at different hospitals, one was brought dead to a hospital while 13 passed away at their homes.

Among the Covid-19 patients died in that time, 22 were in Dhaka division, 16 in Chattogram, 21 in Rajshahi, 35 in Khulna, 10 in Rangpur, one in Sylhet, three in Barishal and four in Mymensingh divisions.

Among the patients died in Bangladesh so far, 7,262 were in Dhaka, 2,727 in Chattogram, 1011 in Rajshahi, 1235 in Khulna, 421 in Barisal, 524 in Sylhet, 597 in Rangpur, and 311 in Mymensingh division, the DGHS said.

A total of 32,659 samples were collected in the last 24 hours. As of Tuesday, the number of samples tested in Bangladesh stands at 65,73,822.

Bangladesh detected first coronavirus patient on 8 March last year and recorded its first death in the disease on 18 March that year.