The health authorities in Bangladesh recorded 16 more new coronavirus-related deaths and 369 new cases in the last 24 hours till 8 am on Sunday.

Partex Group chairman and former Member of Parliament MA Hashem has been put on life support at a hospital in the capital.

Covid-19 fatalities in Bangladesh rose to 7,359 with 30 more deaths recorded in 24 hours until Wednesday morning.

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