Fifteen more coronavirus-related deaths and 391 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning.

The daily coronavirus infection rate in Bangladesh fell to 2.68% on Tuesday after the health authorities reported 396 fresh cases until the morning.

Bangladesh recorded eight more Covid-19-related deaths and 326 fresh cases in the last 24 hours till Sunday morning, showing a little bit of rise in infection rate.

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 8,055 on Tuesday as the health authorities recorded 14 more coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours till morning.

Health authorities in Bangladesh on Friday reported 2,401 new Covid-19 patients which took the number of total cases to 2,90,360 since the first detection of the disease in the country on March 8. 

An octogenarian man, who had been infected with coronavirus, died at his house at Razapur village in Boalmari upazila on Tuesday.

Coronavirus test result of a prisoner at Sylhet Central Jail, who died on Sunday, came out positive on Monday.

Another  policeman died from coronavirus while performing duties in the city.

Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) on Saturday demanded Tk 50 lakh as compensation from media outlet owners for each the journalists who died from coronavirus.

Another employee of the Anti-Corruption Commission died from coronavirus at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the city Saturday.