While the human beings are grappling with novel coronavirus, domestic cattle in Sherpur and some other districts of the region are battling against the Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), a highly contagious disease.

Bangladesh on Thursday saw the highest-ever spike in coronavirus cases in a single day as 4,019 more people were diagnosed with the virus in a span of 24 hours.

A total of 1,33,978 in 7,12,098  coronavirus tests carried out in Bangladesh have turned out to be positive.   The health authorities have detected 3,504 cases after testing 15,157 samples at 58 labs in the span of 24 hours until Saturday. The infection rate for the day was recorded at 23.12 percent.   Since March 18, the government said 1,695 people have died of COVID-19.   In the last 24 hours, 34 people died from the highly contagious disease.   Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at its daily health bulletin.    Cosmos Dialogue: Impact of Covid-19 on Bangladesh: Prognosis for Recovery   She noted that at present, the total infection rate against the number of total tests is 18.81 percent.    In the last 24 hours, 1,185 patients recovered from the disease, taking the total number of recoveries in the country to 54,318.    Against the total number of detected cases, the recovery rate is 40.54 percent and the mortality rate is 1.27 percent in the country, she said.   Among the deceased, 32 were male and two were female. “Their age-based analysis says, one was aged between 21 and 30 years, one between 31 and 40, six were aged between 41 and 50 years, six between 51 and 60, 13 between 61 and 70 and seven were aged between 71 and 80 years,” Dr Nasima said.     Thirteen patients died in Dhaka division, 10 in Chattogram division, one in Khulna division, four in Rajshahi division, four in Sylhet division, and two more patients died in Rangpur division.   “Thirty people died in hospitals across the country while four others died at homes,” she added.   Dr Nasima repeated the numbers of total beds available for the COVID-19 patients of the country and added that in the last 24 hours 275 new patients have been admitted to hospitals.    Talking about the zoning system to combat the spread of the disease, She said the red zone areas will not be under a permanent lockdown. “It is a continuous process.” 

 The global death toll from coronavirus reached 206,990 on Monday morning.

The global death toll from coronavirus reached 165,058 on Monday morning.

The global death toll from coronavirus reached 114,247 on Monday morning.   There have been 1,853,155 confirmed cases around the world after the highly contagious disease was first reported in China in December last year, according to worldometer.   Of those infected, 1,315,354 are currently being treated and 50,757 of them are in serious or critical condition.

The global death toll from coronavirus has reached 95,722 as of Friday morning.   There have been 1,603,719 confirmed cases around the world after the highly contagious disease was first reported in China in December last, according to worldometer.   Of those infected, 1,151, 342 are currently being treated with 49,127 being in serious or critical condition.   So far, 356,655 people have recovered.   The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.   Bangladesh reported 21 death from the virus infection and 330 confirmed cases as of Thursday.

The global death toll from coronavirus reached 74,697 on Tuesday morning.   There have been 1,346,566 confirmed cases around the world after the highly contagious disease was first reported in China in December last year, according to worldometer.   Of those infected, 993,174 are currently being treated with 47,256 being in serious or critical condition.   So far, 353,392 people have recovered..