Coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rose to 42,844 with the detection of record 2,523 new cases in the last 24 hours on Friday.

Two more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Friday, taking the death toll in the country to  170.

Besides, the death toll from the virus in the country stands at 168 with five more deaths from the virus infection during the period. Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), came up with the disclosure in the daily online health bulletin at the Management Information System (MIS) in the afternoon. Twenty-nine PCR labs collected 5,626 samples and tested 4,965 of them across the c

With the death of four more people from coronavirus in the last 24 hours till Friday, the death toll from the virus in Bangladesh stood at 131.