Coronavirus in Bangladesh

Record 64 people die in 24 hrs

Record 64 people die in 24 hrs

Bangladesh saw the highest single day deaths from Covid-19 on Tuesday as 64 people died from the disease during the last 24 hours.

A total of 1,45,483 in 7,66,460 coronavirus tests carried out in Bangladesh have turned out to be positive.

The health authorities have confirmed 3,682 cases after testing 18,426 samples in the span of 24 hours until Tuesday.

Since March 18, the government said 1847 people have died of COVID-19.

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

Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8. The number of cases has spiked in recent weeks.