Bangladesh reports highest 64 virus deaths, 59,624 total recoveries

ZOOMBANGLA DESK: Bangladesh today recorded 64 more deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the highest in a single day and 3,682 fresh cases overnight, BSS reports.

The recovery count rose to 59,624 after another 1844 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, a top health official said.

“Sixty-four more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 1,847,” Additional Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Nasima Sultana told a virtual media briefing at DGHS in the city.

She said the tally of infections has surged to 1,45,483 as 3,682 new cases were confirmed in the 24 hours.

The health official also informed that a total of 18,426 samples were tested at the authorised laboratories across the country during the time.

Among the total infections, 40.98 percent patients have recovered while 1.27 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8, she said.

Bangladesh confirmed the first coronavirus death on March 18, ten days after the detection of the first COVID-19 case.