Coronavirus: Highest death recorded in the country in last 24 hrs, 1,532 new infected

Bangladesh witnessed another surge in Covid-19 patients as 28 patients died from corona infection in Bangladesh over the last 24 hours as of Sunday, which is the highest single-day record of deaths in the country, taking the death toll to 480.

Besides, 1,532 more people tested positive, making 31,737 confirmed cases in total.

Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana came up with the disclosure at the daily online briefing.

Dr Nasima mentioned that a total of 9,184 samples were collected and 8,908 tested in the last 24 hours. So far, a total of 2,43,583 samples have been tested in the country.

Coronavirus, first reported in China’s Wuhan province, have so far infected 5,311,089 and claimed 342,104 lives across the globe, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Coronavirus was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11.

The virus outbreak dealt a heavy blow to the global economy, disrupting the supply chain and forcing countries to go into prolonged lockdowns.

Bangladesh government declared a general holiday since March 26 to slow down the transmission of the virus. But a large section of people appear to be reluctant to maintain health guidelines.