Bangladesh reports one more Covid death, 61 cases in 24 hrs

The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in the country, according to the government, rose to 1,951,831 on Monday as 61 more cases were reported, after testing 7,787 samples, including rapid antigen tests, in the last 24 hours.

During the period, one more patient died of Covid-19, taking the total death toll to 29,123, 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 0.78 per cent while the overall rate of detection of infected cases in Bangladesh as of Monday stands at 14.09 per cent.

The health directorate Monday said a total of 842 people recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery to 1,884,352.

In the last 24 hours, one female patient from Chattogram died of Covid-19.

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