Dhaka, May 10 : Bangladesh reported 38 more Coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours until Monday morning, bringing the total number of fatalities to 11,972.However,the mortality rate remained static at 1.54 percent, said a handout of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Besides, the DGHS said, 1,514 new cases were detected after testing 16,848 samples, pushing up the total case count to 7,75,027. Bangladesh has so far carried out 5,647,742 tests.
The daily infection rate rose to 8.99 which was 8.19 percent a day before.
After a massive upsurge, the number of daily cases fell below 2,000 since May 1.
The country reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on the 18th of that month.
