Covid-19 claims 57 more lives, detection rate over 10pc again

During that time 57 Covid-19 patients died, raising the total deaths in the country to 11,450, said a press release of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A total of 21,046 samples were tested in the last 24 hours while detection rate was 10.34 per cent. The infection rate was 9.39 per cent yesterday.

In last 24 hours, 4,325 people recovered from the virus taking the total number of recovered people to 681,426.

Bangladesh detected its first coronavirus patient on 8 March last year and recorded its first death in the disease on 18 March that year.