BD reports 27 more deaths, 1,442 cases

Bangladesh reported 27 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours till early Monday.

Fatalities from the virus stood at 5,375 and the death rate at 1.45%, read a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services.

Of the deceased, 17 were men and 10 were women. Eighteen of them were from Dhaka division, four from Chattogram, three from Khulna, and one each from Rajshahi and Barishal.

So far, 4,155 men and 1,220 women in Bangladesh have died from the virus.

In the past 24 hours, 1,442 people tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 370,132.

11,767 samples were tested in 109 labs over the same period. Overall, 2,001,431 samples have been tested in Bangladesh since the virus was detected.

The latest daily infection rate was 12.25%, while the overall rate stood at 18.49%.

Meanwhile, the number of recovered patients reached 283,182, including 1,526 new ones in the last 24 hours, and the recovery rate rose to 76.51%. 

The country first detected Covid-19 cases on March 8 this year and reported the first death from the virus on March 18.