Covid-19 killed 45 more people while 1,285 new cases were detected in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours ending at 8:00am on Saturday amid concern after the detection of the first case of highly contagious Indian Coronavirus strain in the country.
The Directorate General of Health Services said the new fatalities pushed up the country’s death toll to 11,878 while the mortality rate remained static at 1.54 percent.
Besides, the DGHS said, 1,285 new cases were detected during the period after the test of 14,703 samples, taking the total case count to 7,72,127.
Also, the country's infection rate fell to 8.74 per cent, which was 9.89 per cent a day ago, according to the DGHS.
According to the DGHS, 2,492 infected people recovered in the past 24 hours, putting the recovery rate at 91.54 per cent.
