The Daily Star July 08, 2020
Forty-six people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS, said during a briefing.
The death toll now stands at 2,197 and the death rate at 1.28 percent.
Three thousand four hundred and eighty-nine people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
With this, the current infection rate is 22.26 percent and the total number of infections in the country is 1,72,134.
A total of 15,672 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima said.
Meanwhile, 2,736 Covid-19 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
