Dailynewsun Report:
Bangladesh on Friday has reported 19 deaths from coronavirus infections and 1,884 new cases in the last 24 hours until Friday morning.
The recovery count rose to 4,14,318 after another 3,866 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, said a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
“Nineteen more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 6,986,” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 4,87,849 as 1,884 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours. A total of 16,323 samples were tested at 140 authorized laboratories across the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 11.54 percent tested positive, while 16.57 percent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 84.93 percent patients have recovered, while 1.43 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8.
Among the 19 deaths, 13 are male and six female, the press release said, adding one is in his 20s, one in his 30s, four are in their 40s, two in their 50s while 11 are above 60 years.
According to the division-wise data, 12 deaths took place in Dhaka division and rests are in other divisions.
Among the total 6,986 deaths, 3,795 deaths occurred in Dhaka division,1,301 in Chattogram division, 417 in Rajshahi division, 505 in Khulna division, 230 in Barishal division, 273 in Sylhet division, 313 in Rangpur division and 152 in Mymensingh division, according to the press release.
A total of 29,44,252 samples have so far been tested since the detection of the first COVID-19 cases in the country.
The DGHS said in order to make treatment facilities easily available for the COVID-19 patients, the government has introduced telemedicine services comprising 100 physicians for round the clock in the country.
A total of 6,12,763 people have so far received healthcare services from telemedicine.
The DGHS said 2,31,36,479 people received healthcare services from hotline mobile numbers and health web portals as the government formed a group of medical professionals to provide emergency healthcare services.
To receive information and treatment facilities on COVID-19, the contact hotline and mobile numbers are 16263; 333; 10655 and 01944333222.
As of December 11, 2020, 10:13 GMT, 1,590,563 people have died so far from the COVID-19 outbreak and there are currently 70,814,162 confirmed cases in 212 countries and territories, according to Worldometer, a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics.
China was the world’s first country which on January 11 reported the first death from the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the capital of Central China’s Hubei province.
