Covid-19 caseload tops 800,000 in Bangladesh

Prothom Alo

Covid-19 caseload tops 800,000 in Bangladesh

Prothom Alo

Covid-19 cases in the country surpassed 800,000 mark on Monday as the government reported 1,710 new cases in 24 hours.

With the news cases, the total caseload reached 800,540.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in its daily handout said 36 more Covid-19 deaths reported in the country which pushed up the total fatalities to 12,619.

A total of 18,178 samples were tested while the rate of detection in the last 24 hours until 8:00am was 9.41 per cent.

The health directorate today said as many as 1,567 people recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total recovery to 740,372.

Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on 8 March last year and its first death on the 18th of that month.