Five more people die of Covid-19 in 24 hrs

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Bangladesh reported five more deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours until Monday morning, taking the tally to 27,828, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The number of detected novel coronavirus cases, according to the DGHS, rose to 1,567,981 as 289 more cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The rate of detection in the last 24 hours until 8:00 am decreased further to 1.36 per cent from yesterday’s 1.49 per cent.

The health directorate said a total of 413 people recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of the total recovery to 1,531,740.

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