Bangladesh reports 2 Covid deaths, 227 new cases in 24 hrs

Bangladesh has reported two more deaths from Covid-19 in last 24 hours as of Monday morning taking the tally to 27, 980.

During the period, 227 more people contracted the highly contagious disease taking the number of total infection to 1,576,011, according to a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The country reported 1.34 per cent Covid-19 positive cases as 16,891 samples were tested in the past 24 hours.

The health directorate said a total of 280 people recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of the total recovery to 1,540,597.

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