Covid-19: Bangladesh records 65 deaths, 1,739 new cases

News Desk
Bangladesh reported 65 more coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours until Monday morning, raising the death toll to 11,644 as the country’s grim battle with virus continues.The health authorities recorded 1,739 new infections after examining 13,431 samples, according to data available at corona.gov.bd. A handout from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) put the number of tests at 19,431 including antigen tests.
Bangladesh has so far tested 55,18,410 samples, according to the health directorate.
There has been a steady decline in the number of tests since April 28 when 28,206 samples were tested. With a fall in tests, the number of new cases too went down gradually from April 26 (3,306) to May 2 (1,359) before a slightly upward curve.
Monday’s daily infection rate slipped to 8.95 percent from Sunday’s 9.6 percent but the mortality rate remained static at 1.52 percent.
Bangladesh has recorded less than 70 virus related deaths since Friday. The body count soared to over 100 during April 16-19 and on April 25 but since then the daily fatalities have been falling gradually.
With the latest figure, 7,63,682 cases have been recorded in the country so far, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a handout. This puts Bangladesh at 33rd in the list of countries with highest cases, according to Johns Hopkins University tally.
The number of recoveries now stands at 6,91,162 including 3,834 new one. Recoveries were on the wane since April 28 before jumping on Monday. So far, 90.50 percent patients have recovered.
Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8, 2020, and the first death on March 18 that year.