The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, according to the government, on Sunday rose to 570,878 as 2,172 more cases were reported, after testing 21,108 samples, including rapid antigen tests, in the last 24 hours.
During that time 22 more Covid-19 patients died, raising the total deaths in the country to 8,690, said a press release of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today.
The rate of detection in the last 24 hours until 8:00am was 10.29 per cent, while the overall rate of detection of infected cases in Bangladesh as of Sunday stands at 12.95 per cent.
The health directorate today said a total of 1,687 people were recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total recovery to 522,405.
The overall rate of people recovered as of today stands at 91.51 per cent while the rate of death is 1.52 per cent, it added.
Of the people died in the last 24 hours, 19 were male and three female. Of the total deaths so far, 6,570 were male (75.60 per cent) and 2,120 female (24.40 per cent).
All of the 22 patients died in the 24 hours, breathed their last at different hospitals.
A total of 21,259 samples were collected in the last 24 hours. As of Sunday, the number of samples tested in Bangladesh stands at 44,09,119.
Bangladesh detected first coronavirus patient on 8 March and recorded first death on 18 March.