Coronavirus infections and fatalities have continued to rise in Bangladesh with the total cases crossed 60,000 mark and deaths 800.
The government on Friday confirmed the detection of 2,828 new patients and 30 more deaths in the last 24 hours till 8am.
With that, the number of total cases surged to 60,391 and deaths 811.
Additional Director General for Health Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at its daily bulletin.
During the period, 14,088 samples were tested in 50 laboratories.
So far 12,804 people have recovered from the disease including 643 new patients in the Friday’s tally.
The case detection rate was 20.07 percent. The recovery rate against the total number of detected cases is 21.20 percent and the mortality rate is 1.34 percent.
Among the deceased, 23 were male and seven were female – 17 died in hospitals and the rest at home.
Three were aged between 31 and 40 years, seven between 41 and 50, 11 between 51 and 60, six between 61 and 70, two between 71 and 80 and one was aged between 81 and 90 years.
Eleven patients died in Dhaka division, 12 in Chattogram division, three in Sylhet division, two in Rajshahi division, one in Barishal division, and another died in Rangpur division.
According to IEDCR data, till Thursday, 55 percent of the total infected people are aged within 21 to 40 years, 7 percent of the total infected people are aged above 60 years, 11 percent are aged within 51 and 60 years, 17 percent within 41 and 50, 27 percent within 31 and 40, 28 percent within 21 and 30, seven percent within 11 and 20 and three percent are aged below 10 years.
Prof Nasima urged people who fall in those age groups to be more cautious while going outdoors.
She highlighted that about 39 percent of those who have died so far from the disease are over 60 years of age.
IEDCR data on the deceased recorded till Thursday says, 0.82 percent were aged below 10 years, 1.49 percent were aged between 11 and 20 years, 3.4 percent between 21 and 30, 8.29 percent between 31 and 40, 17.39 percent between 41 and 50, 29.62 percent between 51 and 60 and 38.9 percent were aged above 60 years.
Prof Nasima also urged the elderly to stay indoors and follow health regulations.
“Those who are affected by non-contagious and chronic diseases must take medication and take care of themselves.”
Shaheed Nazrul Islam Medical College in Kishoreganj is the latest in the country to start RT-PCR tests while Cox’s Bazar Medical College was not able to carry out sample tests for the disinfection process.
Across the country, 365 more people were taken to isolation in the last 24 hours while 173 were released. Currently, 6,946 people are in isolation.
During the same period, another 2,245 people were home and institutionally quarantined and 2,495 were released.
At present 57,319 people are quarantined across the country.
Bangladesh first reported the coronavirus cases on March 8 and the death on March 18.
The World Health Organisation declared the disease pandemic on March 11.
