The number of detected novel coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, according to the government, on Thursday rose to 506,102 as 1,234 more cases were reported, after testing 13,227 samples, including rapid antigen tests, in the last 24 hours.
During that time 19 more COVID-19 patients died, raising the total deaths in the country to 7,378, 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 9.33 per cent, while the overall rate of detection of infected cases in Bangladesh as of Thursday stands at 16.14 per cent.
The health directorate today said a total of 2,345 people were recovered from the highly infectious disease in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total recovery to 446,690.
Of the people died in the last 24 hours, 15 were male and four female. Of the total deaths so far, 5,622 were male (76.20 per cent) and 1,756 female (23.80 per cent).
Of the patients died in the last 24 hours, 17 breathed their last at different hospitals while two at home.
A total of 13,389 samples were collected in the last 24 hours. As of Thursday, the number of samples tested in Bangladesh stands at 31,35,653.
Bangladesh detected first coronavirus patient on 8 March and recorded first death on 18 March.
