Bangladesh records 24 virus deaths, 1,545 infections in 24 hours
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Bangladesh registered another 24 deaths in coronavirus (Covid-19) in the past 24 hours to 8:00 am on Wednesday, taking the total number of fatalities to 5,723 in the country, according to official data.
Besides, some 1,545 fresh infections were recorded during the period, pushing the total case count to 393,131, according to a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
As many as 1,704 Covid-19 patients made recovery during the 24-hour period, the release added, saying that the recovery rate rose to 78.56 per cent while the death rate remained at 1.46 per cent.
Of the deceased, 19 were men and 5 women.
The country tested a total of 14,086 samples in its 110 authorised labs during the period under review, bringing the total number of samples tested to over 2.2 million, according to the DGHS release.