Health authorities in Bangladesh reported 2,158 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday after testing 14,422 samples in the last 24 hours.

Another 32 patients died of the deadly disease during the period, raising the death toll to 4,383.

The fatality rate in Bangladesh is still 1.37 percent while the daily infection rate stands at 14.96 percent. 

So far, 3,19,686 patients have been detected in the country since March 8 after testing 15,92,038 samples and 20.06 percent of them have turned out to be Covid-19 positive. 

The country saw the recovery of new 2,964 Covid-19 patients in the last 24 hours until Thursday which pushed up the number of total recoveries across the country to 2,13,980. 

A media release sent by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) provided the latest information confirming that the recovery rate has climbed to 66.9 percent in Bangladesh. 

Among the 32 people who lost their lives during the period, 30 are above 50 years while two more are between 41 and 50 years of age, and 1,201 people who died since March 18 are between 51 and 60 years.  

So far, 2,120 have died in Dhaka division, 950 in Chattoram, 291 in Rajshahi, 363 in Khulna, 169 in Barishal, 197 in Sylhet, 200 in Rangpur and 93 in Mymensingh divisions.

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Across the country, 19,869 people are currently in isolation and 52,183 quarantined. 

In Bangladesh, the first three cases of coronavirus infection were detected on March 8 and on Wednesday it crossed 3,00,000. On July 2, 4,019, Covid-19 patients were identified in the country, the highest in a single day.