Dhaka: The health authorities on Friday announced the detection of 3,243 new patients in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 1, 05,535 in Bangladesh.
Besides, 45 more people died of COVID-19, taking the death toll in the country to 1,388.
Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at a daily online briefing.
Across the country 2,781 more patients made recovery, she said adding that so far 42,945 people have recovered from the disease.
In the last 24 hours, 61 laboratories across the country tested 15,045 samples, she added.
Bangladesh confirmed its first cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18 but it has been seeing a sharp rise in both new cases and deaths in recent weeks.
In an effort to prevent transmission of coronavirus and improve the situation, the government has issued some directives imposing restrictions on the movement of people.
