Bangladesh reported 78 deaths from Covid-19 on Sunday in the last 24 hours which is the highest recorded in the span of a day since the beginning of the pandemic. The total number of fatalities reached 9,739 with a fatality rate of 1.42 percent with this new record. The total number of infected cases rose to 6,84,765 with 5,819 fresh cases recorded in the last 24 hours on Sunday.
The information was provided through a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The number of new cases on Sunday was somewhat lower than that of the last week. Over 7,000 people tested positive for Covid-19 for four consecutive days from April 4 to April 7.
Among the deceased, 53 were men and 25 were women. Of the victims, 47 were from Dhaka Division, 20 from Chittagong, four each from Rajshahi and Khulna, two from Sylhet and one from Rangpur. All of them died in different hospitals across the country.
A total of 29,376 samples were tested across the country till 8am on Sunday. The current infection rate stands at 19.81 percent, while the overall infection rate in the country stands at 13.69 percent.
A total number of 5,76,590 people have recovered so far. The recovery rate stands at 84.2 percent.
Due to the spike in Covid-19 deaths and cases, the government has decided to go into a week-long strict lockdown from April 14 to curb the transmission of coronavirus. The government announced upcoming strict lockdown as the existing lockdown to restrict public movement turned out to be ineffective.
Bangladesh reported the first three cases of Covid-19 on March 8, 2020. The first death from coronavirus in the country was recorded on March 18.
Over 134.71 million people have been infected with the coronavirus across the world and 2.91 million have died. The virus broke out in China's Wuhan city in late December, 2019 and quickly spread throughout the world, turning into a pandemic within a short period of time.
