Bangladesh reports 172 Covid deaths, 7,248 cases in 24 hrs
The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, according to the government, on Wednesday rose to 1,440,644 as 7,248 more cases were reported, after testing 41,014 samples, including rapid antigen tests, in the last 24 hours.
During that time, 172 more Covid-19 patients died, raising the total deaths in the country to 24,719, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today.
The rate of detection in the last 24 hours until 8:00am was 17.67 per cent, while the overall rate of detection of infected cases in Bangladesh as of Wednesday stands at 16.91 per cent.
The health directorate today said as many as 12,112 people recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of the total recovery to 1,327,028.
The overall rate of people recovered as of today stands at 92.11 per cent while the rate of death is 1.72 per cent, it added.
Of the people who died in the last 24 hours, 94 were male and 78 female. Of the total deaths so far, 16,283 were male (65.71 per cent) and 8,475 female (34.29 per cent).
Among the 172 patients who died in the last 24 hours, 127 breathed their last at different government hospitals, 42 in private hospitals and no one was brought dead to hospitals while 3 patients died at home.
Among the Covid-19 patients who died in that time, 67 were in Dhaka division, 47 in Chattogram, eight in Rajshahi, 16 in Khulna, five in Barishal, 15 in Sylhet, four in Rangpur and 10 in Mymensingh division.
Among the patients who died in Bangladesh so far, 10,932 were in Dhaka, 4,875 in Chattogram, 1,840 in Rajshahi, 3,264 in Khulna, 833 in Barisal, 1,006 in Sylhet, 1,230 in Rangpur, and 739 in Mymensingh division, the DGHS said.
A total of 42,111 samples were collected in the last 24 hours. As of Wednesday, the number of samples tested in Bangladesh stands at 8,521,828.
Bangladesh detected its first coronavirus patient on 8 March last year and recorded its first death of the disease on 18 March that year.