COVID-19 claims 37 more, infects 1,799 in Bangladesh

COVID-19 claims 37 more, infects 1,799 in Bangladesh

Bangladesh logged an additional 37 deaths and 1,799 infections from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours on Monday, counting the death toll to 7,089 and infections to 492,332.

Among the deceased, 27 were male and 10 female patients.

A Directorate General of Health Services release came up with the latest COVID-19 data.

Some 16,828 specimens were tested in the timeline at 140 labs across the country.

Bangladesh had tested a total of 29,86,458 specimens as of December 14.

A total of 2,949 patients were declared free from novel coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours totalling the recovery to 423,845.

Bangladesh on March 8 reported the first COVID-19 positive cases while the first death was logged ten days later on March 18.