Bangladesh on Sunday went past Germany in terms of confirmed Covid-19 cases to become the 16th worst-affected country in the world with 204,525 infections.

A total of 1,33,978 in 7,12,098  coronavirus tests carried out in Bangladesh have turned out to be positive.   The health authorities have detected 3,504 cases after testing 15,157 samples at 58 labs in the span of 24 hours until Saturday. The infection rate for the day was recorded at 23.12 percent.   Since March 18, the government said 1,695 people have died of COVID-19.   In the last 24 hours, 34 people died from the highly contagious disease.   Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at its daily health bulletin.    Cosmos Dialogue: Impact of Covid-19 on Bangladesh: Prognosis for Recovery   She noted that at present, the total infection rate against the number of total tests is 18.81 percent.    In the last 24 hours, 1,185 patients recovered from the disease, taking the total number of recoveries in the country to 54,318.    Against the total number of detected cases, the recovery rate is 40.54 percent and the mortality rate is 1.27 percent in the country, she said.   Among the deceased, 32 were male and two were female. “Their age-based analysis says, one was aged between 21 and 30 years, one between 31 and 40, six were aged between 41 and 50 years, six between 51 and 60, 13 between 61 and 70 and seven were aged between 71 and 80 years,” Dr Nasima said.     Thirteen patients died in Dhaka division, 10 in Chattogram division, one in Khulna division, four in Rajshahi division, four in Sylhet division, and two more patients died in Rangpur division.   “Thirty people died in hospitals across the country while four others died at homes,” she added.   Dr Nasima repeated the numbers of total beds available for the COVID-19 patients of the country and added that in the last 24 hours 275 new patients have been admitted to hospitals.    Talking about the zoning system to combat the spread of the disease, She said the red zone areas will not be under a permanent lockdown. “It is a continuous process.” 

Bangladesh on Sunday reported 3,531 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 1,12,306.   In the last 24 hours, 39 more patients lost their lives, raising the death toll to 1,464.   Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at its daily health bulletin.   In the last 24 hours, 60 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 15,585 samples, she said. “So far, 612,164 samples have been tested,” she added.    Read Also: Mashrafe infected with coronavirus

The health authorities on Saturday confirmed 3,240 new coronavirus cases across the country in a span of 24 hours, taking the total number to 108,775.   The  death toll from the various rose  to 1,425 as another 37 infected people lost their lives during the period.

Bangladesh on Sunday saw the biggest daily jump in the number of coronavirus deaths as 42 patients died in the span of 24 hours, raising the death toll to 888.     In the meantime, further spike in COVID-19 cases was observed as the health authorities confirmed the detection of 2,743 new cases across the country during the same period, taking the total number to 65,769. 

Bangladesh on Saturday recorded the highest number of deaths due to  COVID-1  as 28 more patients died in the last 24 hours, raising the death tally to 610.    The country also saw further rise in coronavirus cases with the detection of 1,764 new cases during the same period, taking the total number of cases to 44,608.    Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) came up with the disclosure at its daily health bulletin.   Across the country 360 more patients made recovery, she said adding that so far 9,375 people have recovered from the disease.  

The health authorities reported detection of 1,166 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours after testing 5,407 samples.

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.

As coronavirus keeps moving fast, the death toll from the deadly virus in Bangladesh hit 314 with 16 more deaths being reported in the last 24 hours till Saturday.

Bangladesh on Thursday recorded another big jump in coronavirus cases within a single day as the health authorities confirmed the detection of 1,041 new patients in the last 24 hours, raising the total cases to 18,863.