COVID-19 pandemicBD reports 36 more deaths and 1,457 new cases

Bangladesh registered 36 more deaths from Covid-19 and 1,457 new cases of the deadly disease between Wednesday and Thursday mornings.

Disclosing the latest data in a media statement on Thursday afternoon, the health directorate also said that another 1,378 patients recovered from Covid-19 around the country during the same period.

With the latest development, the country’s death toll since March last year reached 12,284, the total number of cases 785,194, and the number of total recovery 727,510, which is 92..

Thirty-five of them died at different hospitals and one at home.

Of the 36 deceased — 26 men and 10 women — 12 were from the Dhaka Division, 14 from Chittagong, three each from Rajshahi and Sylhet, two from Khulna and one each from Mymensingh and Barisal Division.

The DGHS said among the total 12,284 fatalities, 7,084 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 2,314 in Chattogram, 645 in Rajshahi, 738 in Khulna, 370 in Barishal, 434 in Sylhet, 446 in Rangpur and 253 in Mymensingh division.

So far, 8,884 men (72.33%) and 3,400 women (27.68%) have died of Covid-19 across the country.

The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected currently stands at 1.56%.

As many as 19,437 samples, including some pending ones, were tested at 482 authorized labs — government and private — across the country between 8 am Wednesday and 8 am Thursday.

The latest figures showed an infection rate of 7.50%.

To date, 5,774,883 tests have been conducted in the country, leading to an overall infection rate of 13.60%.

Bangladesh recorded the highest number of Covid-19 fatality on April 19 this year when the virus killed 112 people in a day.