The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, according to the government, on Friday rose to 539,975 as 404 more cases were reported, after testing 14,328 samples, including rapid antigen tests, in the last 24 hours.
During that time five more COVID-19 patients died, raising the total deaths in the country to 8,253, said a press release of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today.
The rate of detection in the last 24 hours until 8:00am was 2.82 per cent, while the overall rate of detection of infected cases in Bangladesh as of Friday stands at 14.13 per cent.
The health directorate today said a total of 422 people were recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total recovery to 486,393.
Of the people died in the last 24 hours, four were male and one female. Of the total deaths so far, 6,252 were male (75.75 per cent) and 2,001 female (24.25 per cent).
All of the five patients died in the last 24 hours breathed their last at different hospitals.
A total of 14,114 samples were collected in the last 24 hours. As of Friday, the number of samples tested in Bangladesh stands at 38,22,345.
Bangladesh detected first coronavirus patient on 8 March and recorded first death on 18 March.
