Bangladesh saw the highest death from coronavirus on Friday as 15 more people died from the virus infection in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll in the country to 75.
Besides, 266 people tested positive for coronavirus during the period, taking the number of such cases in the country to 1838.
Health Minister Zahid Maleque came up with the disclosure joining the daily health bulletin of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
In the last 24 hours, he said, 2,190 samples were tested across the country. Nine more patients made recovery during the period, taking the total to 58.
“Nearly 500 people have received treatment from hospitals, which is 33 percent of the total patients…1.8 percent people have been taken to ICUs,” said the minister.
“Every hospital has oxygen support which is necessary for critical patients. However, 80 percent patients don’t need any treatment,” he added.
The minister reiterated that the country has no shortage of PPEs. “We’re providing nearly 1,00,000 PPEs every day,” he said.
“If we try to stay indoors till April 25, we’ll succeed (in containing the disease),” the minister said.
IEDCR Director Meerjady Sabrina Flora provided additional details and statistics about the countrywide coronavirus infection. She noted that most of the vulnerable are those aged between 21 to 30 years.
“If we look at the age group of the most affected people, you’ll find those are between the age of 21 to 30 years and 21 percent of total infected people are aged between 21 to 30 years, 19 percent between 41 to 50 years and 15 percent between 41 to 50 years,” she said.
Among the total infected people ,68 percent are male and 32 percent female. Most of the infected people are from Dhaka.
“Of the 1838 patients, 46 percent are from Dhaka and 20 percent from Narayanganj. Another location where the number of patients is growing is Gazipur. Chattogram and Munshiganj are also seeing the rising number of patient s,” said IEDCR Director.
The highest cases in Dhaka are reported from Mirpur area.
“Eleven percent of the total patients in Dhaka are from Mirpur, especially Tollarbag area, has seen the highest number of infections. Mohammadpur, Wari and Jatrabari areas have 4 percent patients whereas Uttara and Dhanmondi areas have 3 percent patients,” Prof Flora said.
Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Nasima Sultana added that 4,499 people were sent to home quarantine in the past 24 hours.
The global death toll from coronavirus jumped to 145,521 until Friday morning.Besides, confirmed COVID-19 cases have reached 2,182,197, according to Worldometer.
Of those infected, 1,489,381 are currently being treated and 56,558 of them are in serious or critical condition.So far, 547,295 patients have recovered.
Coronavirus is affecting 210 countries and territories around the world and two international conveyances.The World Health Organisation declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.
source: UNB
