Bangladesh reports highest COVID-19 cases, 14 more deaths

ZOOMBANGLA DESK: Bangladesh today reported 1273 fresh cases from the novel coronavirus, the highest over a 24-hour period, raising the tally of COVID-19 infections to 22,268, BSS reports.

“The virus death toll has also surged to 328 as 14 more deaths were recorded during the period,” DGHS Additional Director General (administration) Prof Nasima Sultana told a virtual media briefing at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in the city.

Nasima said that a total of 8,114 samples were tested at 42 the authorised labs across the country in the past 24 hours.

She informed that the recovery count also jumped to 4,373 in the last 24 hours after 256 patients were discharged from hospitals.

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

Globally, over 4.64 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 312,029 have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.