One Covid death, 34 cases recorded in 24 hrs

Jago News Desk Published: 21 January 2024, 08:20 PM | Updated: 21 January 2024, 08:33 PM
One Covid death, 34 cases recorded in 24 hrs
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The Bangladesh government reported one COVID-19 death and 34 cases in the last 24 hours (from Saturday 8 am to Sunday 8 am) as the coronavirus infection rises again in the country.

With this, three people died from the coronavirus this year, and since its outbreak in the country in March 2020, a total of 29,480 died and 20,46,758 were infected.

The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on today.

The new cases were found after testing 574 samples in the past day.

During the period, 18 patients recovered from the illness, taking the total recoveries to 20,14,171.

The virus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 and then it spread to other countries.