Bangladesh reports 2 Covid deaths, 1680 cases in 24 hrs

People sit as they come to a coronavirus testing center in the Mugda Medical College and Hospital as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2 July 2020
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The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in the country, according to the government, rose to 1,965,173 on Sunday as 1,680 more cases were reported, after testing 10,728 samples, including rapid antigen tests, in the last 24 hours.

During the period, two patients died of Covid-19. As of Sunday, the death toll stands at 29,140, according to the press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The rate of detection in the last 24 hours until 8:00am was 15.66 per cent while the overall rate of detection of infected cases in Bangladesh as of Sunday stands at 13.75 per cent.

The health directorate Sunday said a total of 169 people recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 1,906,688.

Bangladesh detected its first coronavirus patient on 8 March in 2020 and recorded its first death of the disease on 18 March that year.