Bangladesh surpasses 10,000 mark with 688 new COVID-19 cases

ZOOMBANGLA DESK: Bangladesh today reported five more deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) overnight and recorded the highest number of 688 fresh positive cases in a single day.

“Five more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 182,” DGHS Additional Director General (administration) Prof Nasima Sultana told a virtual media briefing at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in the city.

She said the tally of infections has jumped to 10,143 in the period after a record 688 people tested positive for COVID-19 from 6260 samples, the highest in single day .

Nasima said a total of 1,209 COVID-19 patients have so far been cured since the first COVID-19 cases were detected in Bangladesh on March 8.