BD reports 35 more deaths, 1,950 new cases

Bangladesh confirmed 35 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours till 8am on Tuesday.

The country's death toll from the virus now stands at 4,316, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

In the last 24 hours, 1,950 people tested positive for Covid-19 and the number of novel coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 3,14,946.

"Of the dead patients, 21 were men and 14 were women. 14 of them hailed from Dhaka, four from Chattogram, three each from Khulna and Rajshahi, two from Barishal, one from Sylhet and Mymensingh, and four from Rangpur and.

32 died in different hospitals accross the country while three died at home.

Around 66.10 percent of novel coronavirus patients – both symptomatic and asymptomatic – have recovered in Bangladesh so far, while 1.37 percent have died.

The latest day's infection rate is 15.97 percent of the total tests, though the overall rate in the country till date was 20.16 percent.

A total of 3,290 patients were declared free of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours and the total number of recoveries reached 2,08,177. 

Some 11,981 samples were collected in the last 24 hours and 12,209 were tested in 92 labs across the country. So far 15,62,412 samples have been tested.

The virus has killed 854,747 people globally and infected 25,633,194 so far.