COVID-19: Govt reports 1335 new cases, 20 deaths

The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, according to the government, on Tuesday rose to 401,586 as 1,335 more cases were reported, after testing 12,617 samples in the last 24 hours.

During that time 20 more COVID-19 patients died, raising the total deaths in the country to 5,838, said a press release of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today.

The rate of detection in the last 24 hours was 10.58 per cent, while the overall rate of detection of infected cases in Bangladesh as of Tuesday stands at 17.58 per cent.

A total of 1,523 people were reportedly recovered from the highly infectious disease in that time, taking the number of total recovery to 318,123.

The overall rate of people recovered as of today stands at 79.22 per cent while the rate of death is 1.45 per cent, it added.

Of the people died in the last 24 hours, 14 were male and six female. Of the total deaths so far, 4,494 were males (76.98 per cent) and 1,344 females (23.02 per cent).

A total of 12,386 samples were collected in the last 24 hours. As of Tuesday, the number of samples tested in Bangladesh stands at 22,83,964.

Bangladesh detected first coronavirus patient on 8 March and recorded first death on 18 March.