COVID-19 pandemicBD reports 35 more deaths, 1,950 new cases

Bangladesh confirmed 35 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

With this, the death toll now stands at 4,447 and the death rate stands at 1.37 percent, according to a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) issued on Saturday.

In the last 24 hours, 1,950 people tested positive for Covid-19 and the infection rate stood at 15.18 percent.

With the new cases, the country now has 323,565 Covid-19 positive cases at an infection rate of 20.00 percent, according to the DGHS.

A total of 12,318 samples were collected in the last 24 hours, and 12,847 were tested in 93 labs across the country. So far 16,17,958 samples have been tested.

Besides, a total of 1,661 patients have recovered during the time, increasing the tally to 217,852 at a recovery rate to 67.33 percent.

Of the deceased, 25 were men and 10 women. Moreover, 20 of them were from Dhaka, six from Khulna, four from Chattogram, two from Rangpur, one each from Barishal, Sylhet and Mymensingh division.

Thirty-four of the deceased died in different hospitals and one at their homes.

Of the deceased, three were aged between 31 and 40, two were in the 41-50 years range, five in 51-60 years and 25 were above 60.

Bangladesh confirmed the first Covid-19 case on March 8, and the first death from the coronavirus was on March 18.