coronavirus in bangladesh
DGHS attributes Covid-19 low test rate to ‘people’s reluctance’
Explaining the sharp decline in the number of Covid-19 tests over the past week, Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana on Monday said people are ‘reluctant’ about conducting tests for various reasons.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh sees less than 3000 daily cases in 5 days
Bangladesh on Friday saw the detection of another 2,949 coronavirus patients in 24 hours, raising the total number of infections to 1,78,443.
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: 41 more die, 3,706 recover
Coronavirus death toll in Bangladesh rose to 2,238 on Thursday as 41 more people died from the virus infection during the last 24 hours.
Besides, total confirmed infections surged to 175, 494 as 3,360 new cases were detected after testing 15,632 samples in the 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.
The health authorities also counted 3,706 recovery during the period, taking the total number of recovered patients to 84,544.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports 3,027 new cases, 55 more deaths
The casualties from coronavirus in Bangladesh rose to 2,151on Tuesday as health authorities confirmed the death of 55 more patients in a span of 24 hours.
Coronavirus: Death toll nears 2,000 in Bangladesh, 3,114 new cases
Coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rose to 1,56, 391 on Friday as the health authorities detected 3114 new cases in a span of 24 hours.
Coronavirus: Bangladesh reports highest 4,019 cases in 24 hrs, 38 more die
Bangladesh on Thursday saw the highest-ever spike in coronavirus cases in a single day as 4,019 more people were diagnosed with the virus in a span of 24 hours.
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: Total cases near 1.5 lakh, 41 more die in 24 hrs
Coronavirus cases in Bangladesh rose to 1,49,258 as health authorities on Wednesday confirmed the detection of 3,775 new patients in a span of 24 hours.
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: Confirmed cases soar to 1,37,797
A total of 1,37,787 coronavirus cases, out of the 7,30,197 tests carried out in Bangladesh, have turned out to be positive.
Coronavirus in Bangladesh: 7,12,098 tests conducted, confirmed cases now 1,33,978
A total of 1,33,978 in 7,12,098 coronavirus tests carried out in Bangladesh have turned out to be positive.
The health authorities have detected 3,504 cases after testing 15,157 samples at 58 labs in the span of 24 hours until Saturday. The infection rate for the day was recorded at 23.12 percent.
Since March 18, the government said 1,695 people have died of COVID-19.
In the last 24 hours, 34 people died from the highly contagious disease.
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.
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She noted that at present, the total infection rate against the number of total tests is 18.81 percent.
In the last 24 hours, 1,185 patients recovered from the disease, taking the total number of recoveries in the country to 54,318.
Against the total number of detected cases, the recovery rate is 40.54 percent and the mortality rate is 1.27 percent in the country, she said.
Among the deceased, 32 were male and two were female. “Their age-based analysis says, one was aged between 21 and 30 years, one between 31 and 40, six were aged between 41 and 50 years, six between 51 and 60, 13 between 61 and 70 and seven were aged between 71 and 80 years,” Dr Nasima said.
Thirteen patients died in Dhaka division, 10 in Chattogram division, one in Khulna division, four in Rajshahi division, four in Sylhet division, and two more patients died in Rangpur division.
“Thirty people died in hospitals across the country while four others died at homes,” she added.
Dr Nasima repeated the numbers of total beds available for the COVID-19 patients of the country and added that in the last 24 hours 275 new patients have been admitted to hospitals.
Talking about the zoning system to combat the spread of the disease, She said the red zone areas will not be under a permanent lockdown. “It is a continuous process.”
Covid-19 pandemic: Global cases surpass 9.7 million
The confirmed COVID-19 cases have reached 9,776,963 million globally with 493,609 deaths as of Saturday morning.