Bangladesh reports 8 Covid deaths, 799 cases in 24 hrs

The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in the country, according to the government, rose to 1,944,376 on Tuesday as 799 more cases were reported, after testing 23,883 samples, including rapid antigen tests, in the last 24 hours.

During that time, eight more Covid-19 patients died, raising the total deaths in the country to 29,045, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The rate of detection in the last 24 hours until 8:00am was 3.35 per cent while the overall rate of detection of infected cases in Bangladesh as of Tuesday stands at 14.48 per cent.

The health directorate Tuesday said a total of 7,460 people recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total recovery to 1,822,125.

Of the people who died in the last 24 hours, five were male and three female. Among the Covid-19 patients who died in that time, three in Chattogram division, two in Rajshahi, one each in Dhaka, Khulna and Mymensingh divisions.

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