Bangladesh today confirmed 57 more deaths from the novel coronavirus and 2,275 new cases of infection after testing 10,078 samples in the last 24 hours.
With this, the death toll from the deadly virus rose to 2,928 and the number of total infections stood at 223,453.
“Of the dead patients, 40 are men and 14 women. Moreover, 19 of them are hailed from Dhaka, ten from Chattogram, eight from Khulna, Seven from Rajshahi, six from Sylhet, three from Rangpur and one from Mymensingh division,” Additional Director General (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Professor Dr Nasima Sultana revealed the latest figures during the daily virtual health bulletin today.
“Forty-eight of them have died in different hospitals and six at their respective homes,” she added.
