Bangladesh recorded once again 42 new deaths caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) in 24 hours as of Monday morning, according to the statistics of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With this, the death toll due to the highly communicable disease reached at 930, Additional Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Nasima Sultana said.
Besides, 2735 more people tested positive for COVID-19 during the same period, raising the number of such cases in the country to 68,504, she added.
Prof Dr Nasima came up with the disclosure in the daily online news bulletin at the Management Information System (MIS) in the afternoon.
On the 93th day after Bangladesh registered the first case of such infection on March 08, some 657 people have recovered. With this, a total of 14,560 people have so far made recovery.
Of the deceased -- 33 men and nine women -- twenty-five were from Dhaka division, eight from Chattogram division, two deaths from Khulna, Barishal, Mymensingh divisions respectively, and one each from Rajshahi, Sylhet, and Rangpur divisions.
Of them, one was between 11-20, three were between 21-30, one between 31-40, seven between 41-50, ten between 51-60, twelve between 61-70, four between 71-80, two from 81-90, and two were above 90 year old, Dr Nasima said.
A total of 12,944 samples have been tested across the country during the period, she said.
Besides, 697 patients made recovery in the past 24 hours, raising the tally of recovered patients to 14,560.
On Monday, 42 more people died and 2742 people tested positive for the highly infectious disease.
Coronavirus, first reported in China, has so far infected 7,107,115 people globally and killed 406,441 of them, according to worldometer.info, a website that provides real-time updates.
Of the infected, 3,232,871 are currently being treated while 53,747 of them are in serious or critical condition, the website data shows.
As the virus began sweeping across the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus crisis a pandemic on March 11.
