Dhaka: Another 63 more people have died of coronavirus or Covid-19 in the country in the last 24 hours, which is the highest single-day death in more than six weeks. On May 4, Bangladesh recorded 61 Covid-19 deaths.
A total of 13,345 people have died of Covid-19 in Bangladesh so far.
Besides, 3,840 people have been infected with the virus in the last 24 hours. With this, some 8 lakh 41 thousand 87 people have been infected with Covid-19.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) revealed this information in a press notification on Thursday.
The notification said some 2, 714 people have recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours. Now the number of recovery cases in Bangladesh is 7 lakh 76 thousand 466.
A total of 24,871 samples were tested across the country in 24 hours (till 8am today).
