Covid-19 cases in police force stand at 11431

Staff Reporter Published: 4 July 2020, 08:25 PM
Covid-19 cases in police force stand at 11431

Coronavirus cases in police force reached 11,431 and deaths from the disease 42 as of Saturday.

In the past 24 hours, the deadly virus infected 129 more cops, according to the sources in police headquarters.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been hardest hit with 2330 policemen contracted the virus.

However, 7,463 police members recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. 

Bangladesh confirmed its first COVID-19 cases on March 8, and since then it has been seeing hike in the number of infections and deaths.

The number of country's total coronavirus cases stood at 159,679 and fatalies 1,997.