10 more death confirmd,341 new infected

Sunbd Desk , Published: 2020-04-16 09:10:56, Updated: 2020-04-16 09:12:06

Bangladesh on Thursday confirmd 10 more death from coronavirus and newly infected 341.

Now The number of coronavirus cases have risen to 1,572 .

In the past 24 hours, samples of 2,019 people were examined. Of them, 341 people tested positive for COVID-19, the highest single-day spike, and 10 died from the virus, ADG of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Thursday.

With this, coronavirus patients are now 1,572 and deaths from the virus 60 in the country, she added. Today no recovery from the epidemic was reported, the official also mentioned.

In DGHS’s regular bulletin on coronavirus, she called upon all to stay home and follow coronavirus advices of the health department.

Bangladesh first reported its coronavirus cases on March 8. Since then the country has been witnessing increase in the infections and deaths.

COVID first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year, and then spread to 210 countries and territories.

As of Wednesday, the epidemic infected 2,088,663 people and killed 134,755 across the globe, according to Worldometer, a website which compiles number of new coronavirus cases and deaths from it.

However, total recovery from the coronavirus pandemic reached 516,010 across the world.