Over the past week, life in the capital assuredly returned to normal - not some new one, as some had predicted in the shadow of the Coronavirus pandemic. The same old one, maybe wearing a mask.

The confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rose to 32,078 on Saturday after the health authorities announced the detection of 1,873 new cases.   The national death tally went up to 452 with another 20 deaths in the last 24 hours.   Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at the daily health bulletin.

Bangladesh’s confirmed coronavirus cases soared to 22,268 on Sunday with the detection of 1,273 new cases.

Bangladesh’s confirmed coronavirus cases surged to 13,770 on Saturday after the health authorities announced the detection of 636 new patients in the last 24 hours.   “Besides, eight more deaths were reported during the period, taking the death toll in the country to 214,” Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said at its daily online briefing.   Dr Nasima Sultana said 35 labs tested 5,465 samples across the country in the last 24 hours.    She said another 313 patients have made recoveries within the period increasing the total number of recovered COVID-19 patients to 2,414.