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   Bangladesh
Bangladesh reports 16 COVID-19 deaths, 4,83,931 total recoveries
  Date : 29-03-2024

Heath Desk: Bangladesh recorded 16 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and 316 fresh cases overnight. The recovery count rose to 4,83,931 after another 559 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Monday.
“Sixteen more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 8,221,” the release said.

It said the tally of infections has surged to 5,38,378 as 316 new cases
were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

A total of 13,762 samples were tested at 206 authorized laboratories
across the country during the time.

Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 2.30 percent tested
positive, while 14.31 percent cases were detected from the total tests
conducted so far, the release added.

Among the total infections, 89.89 percent patients have recovered, while
1.53 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were
reported in the country on March 8.

Among the 16 deaths, 12 are male and four female the press release said,
adding one is in his 30s, two are in their 40s, three in their 50s while ten
are above 60 years.

According to the division-wise data, 12 deaths took place in Dhaka
division and rests are in other divisions.

Among the total 8,221 fatalities, 4,584 deaths occurred in Dhaka division,
1,510 in Chattogram division, 470 in Rajshahi division, 554 in Khulna
division, 248 in Barishal division, 307 in Sylhet division, 358 in Rangpur
division and 190 in Mymensingh division, according to the press release.

A total of 37,62,774 samples have so far been tested since the detection of
the first COVID-19 cases in the country.

The DGHS said in order to make treatment facilities easily available for
the COVID-19 patients, the government has introduced telemedicine services
comprising 100 physicians for round the clock in the country.

A total of 7,24,120 people have so far received healthcare services from
telemedicine.

The DGHS said 2,35,56,034 people received healthcare services from hotline
mobile numbers and health web portals as the government formed a group of
medical professionals to provide emergency healthcare services.

To receive information and treatment facilities on COVID-19, the contact
hotline and mobile numbers are 16263; 333; 10655 and 01944333222.

As of February 08, 2021, 11:12 GMT 2,328,591 people have died so far from
the COVID-19 outbreak and there are currently 106,744,236 confirmed cases in
212 countries and territories, according to Worldometer, a reference website
that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics.

China was the world’s first country which on January 11 reported the first
death from the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the capital of Central China’s
Hubei province.

 



  
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