News Desk: Bangladesh on Wednesday recorded 21 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and 2,111 fresh cases overnight. The recovery count rose to 3,54,788 after another 1,893 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Wednesday.
“Twenty-one more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 6,275,” the release said. It said the tally of infections has surged to 4,38,795 as 2,111 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 16,469 samples were tested at 117 authorized laboratories across the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 12.82 percent tested
positive, while 16.95 percent cases were detected from the total tests
conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 80.86 percent patients have recovered, while 1.43 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8.