Dhaka: Bangladesh on Thursday recorded 39 deaths from coronavirus in the span of 24 hours, raising the death toll to 1,621.
The number of total COVID-19 patients also surged to 1,26,606 to as the health authorities confirmed the detection of 3,946 new cases across the country during the same period.
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 this afternoon.
In the last 24 hours, 66 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 17,999 samples, Dr Nasima added.
During the same period, 1,829 more patients made recovery, she said adding so far, 51,495 people have recovered from the disease.
The detection rate of new patients on Thursday has been recorded at 21.92 percent.
Against the total number of detected cases, the recovery rate is 40.67 percent and the mortality rate is 1.28 percent in the country.
Among the deceased, 32 were male and seven were female. “Their age-based analysis says, two were aged between 21 and 30 years, one between 31 and 40, seven between 41 and 50, nine between 51 and 60, 12 between 61 and 70, seven between 71 and 80, and one more patient was aged between 91 and 100 years,” Dr Nasima said.
Ten patients died in Dhaka division, 10 in Chattogram division, five in Rajshahi division, five in Khulna division, two in Barishal division, three in Mymensingh division, and four more patients died in Rangpur division.
Twenty eight people died in hospitals across the country while 11 others died at homes,” she added.
“Unless we ensure that 100 percent people are wearing masks outdoors, coronavirus cannot be repelled,” Dr Nasima said.
Across the country, 645 more people were taken to isolation in the last 24 hours while 374 were released. Currently, 13,429 people are in isolation.
During the same period, another 2,656 people were home and institutionally quarantined while 2,618 were released. At present 63,998 people are quarantined across the country.
