Bangladesh reports 1,386 new virus cases, 56 deaths in a day

Bangladesh has registered 56 new fatalities from the coronavirus in a day, taking the death toll to 11,934.

News Deskbdnews24.com
Published : 9 May 2021, 10:46 AM
Updated : 9 May 2021, 10:46 AM

The caseload rose by 1,386 in a 24-hour count to 773,513, according to the latest government data released on Sunday.

Another 3,329 people recovered from the illness through treatment at home and in hospital care, bringing the tally of recoveries to 710,162.

As many as 16,915 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 8.19 percent.

The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 91.81 percent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.54 percent.

Globally, over 157.72 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 3.28 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.