Bangladesh registered 230 coronavirus (Covid-19) deaths, and 11,874 positive cases in the past 24 hours. This is the highest number in a single day in terms of both fatality and infection since the pandemic began.
The country reported 29.67 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 40,015 samples were tested in the past 24 hours while it recorded 11,651 positive cases on Jul 8, the second highest in a day, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its daily statement.
The official tally showed the virus killed 16,419 people and infected 10,21,189 so far.
The recovery count rose to 8,74,501 after another 6,362 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.
The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning 85.64 percent recovered, while 1.61 percent died.
In the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus cases in Dhaka city and upazilas of Dhaka district is 3,690 while as of today, 5,54,716 out of 10,21,189 were detected in Dhaka district including the capital.
The DGHS said among the total 16,419 fatalities, 8,115 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 3,000 in Chattogram, 1,247 in Rajshahi, 1,854 in Khulna, 487 in Barishal, 584 in Sylhet, 752 in Rangpur and 380 in Mymensingh division.
