Dhaka: Bangladesh on Friday recorded the highest single-day fatality and case numbers of COVID-19, according to the official figures.
The country recorded 46 deaths from the virus in the last 24 hours, the daily record since the first reported death on March 18, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
The total live casualties stand at 1,095 with the new ones while the country on Friday also detected the highest one-day infections with 3,471 new cases, surging the total figure to 81,523.
Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at its daily health bulletin on Firday.
In the last 24 hours, 55 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 15,990 samples, she added.
Another 502 patients were released from hospitals in the same period, taking the recovery count to 17,249.
Bangladesh confirmed its first coronavirus cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18.
Coronavirus cases were first reported in China in December last year. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.
