Prothom Alo
The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, according to the government, on Wednesday rose to 1,477,930 as 4,966 more cases were reported, after testing 33,640 samples, including rapid antigen tests, in the last 24 hours.
During that time 114 more Covid-19 patients died, raising the total deaths in the country to 25,627, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Wednesday.
The health directorate today said a total of 7,808 people recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of the total recovery to 1,389,571.
Of the people who died in the last 24 hours, 62 were male and 52 female. Of the total deaths so far, 16,708 were male (65.20 per cent) and 8,919 female (34.80 per cent).
Among the Covid-19 patients who died in that time, 34 were in Dhaka division, 29 in Chattogram, 13 each in Rajshahi and Khulna, four in Barishal, nine in Sylhet and six each in Rangpur and Mymensingh divisions.
Among the patients who died in Bangladesh so far, 11,233 were in Dhaka, 5,101 in Chattogram, 1,911 in Rajshahi, 3,360 in Khulna, 868 in Barisal, 1,092 in Sylhet, 1,281 in Rangpur, and 781 in Mymensingh division, the DGHS said.
A total of 33,344 samples were collected in the last 24 hours. As of Wednesday, the number of samples tested in Bangladesh stands at 8,754,654.
Bangladesh detected its first coronavirus patient on 8 March last year and recorded its first death of the disease on 18 March that year.