Bangladesh reports 34 COVID-19 deaths, 1,79,091 total recoveries

Bangladesh today recorded 34 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and 1,973 fresh cases overnight, reports BSS. 

The recovery count rose to 1,79,091 after another 3,524 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

“Thirty-four more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 3,941,” the release said.

It said the tally of infections has surged to 2,94,598 as 1,973 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

A total of 10,801 samples were tested at 91 authorized laboratories across the country during the time.

Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 18.27 percent tested positive, while 20.42 percent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the release added.

Among the total infections, 60.79 percent patients have recovered, while 1.34 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8.