Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF) said 128 physicians who were diagnosed with coronavirus have recovered until Friday.

More than 600 physicians at both government and private hospitals got infected with coronavirus while treating patients, Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF) said Wednesday.

As many as 565 physicians at both government and private hospitals were infected with coronavirus while treating patients, Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF) said Monday.

The number doctors infected by coronavirus reached 554 on Sunday, said Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of physicians.

The number of doctors infected with coronavirus in the country reached 540 on Saturday, said the Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of physicians.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said 29 centres across Bangladesh are carrying out coronavirus tests and called for concerted efforts to overcome the current crisis.

Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of physicians, on Thursday said a total of 475 doctors have so far been infected with coronavirus while treating Covid-19 patients at both government and private hospitals.   “Among the total, 35 were infected in the last 24 hours till Thursday,” said Nirupam Das, the chief administrator of the foundation.    Of the total infected doctors, 316 are from government hospitals while 122 are attached with private hospitals and 37 doctors are shown in another category.  

As coronavirus continues to spread across the country, 440 doctors of both private and public hospitals have so far been infected with the virus as of Wednesday, said Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), a forum of physicians.

Two doctors are getting infected every hour on average while fighting against the novel coronavirus at both government and private hospitals across the country.

The global death toll from coronavirus reached 211,609 on Tuesday morning as countries around the world prepare to ease restrictions on movement.   According to worldometer data, 3,064,895 cases have so far been confirmed since the virus was first reported in China in December last year. So far, 922,581 people have recovered.   Of those infected, 1,930,705 are currently being treated and 56,300 of them are in serious or critical condition.   Bangladesh confirmed its first coronavirus cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18.   Also Read - Coronavirus: 283 doctors infected in Dhaka alone; 90 in other divisions