DHAKA, April 27 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported five more deaths, including a child, from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 418 fresh positive cases overnight.
“Five more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 145,” DGHS Additional Director General (administration) Prof Nasima Sultana told a virtual media briefing at the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) in the city.
She said the total number of the COVID-19 cases in the country has spiked to 5,416 as 418 more people tested positive for the lethal virus during the period.
Nasima said 9 patients were cured from the disease over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 122.
Bangladesh confirmed the first coronavirus death on March 18, ten days after the detection of the first COVID-19 cases.
The health official said among the five fatalities, one is child age below 10 years old while three in their 50s and one in his 60s. Of them, four are in Dhaka city and one in Dhohar.
Nasima said Bangladesh is witnessing a rapid rise of coronavirus cases since March 24 as 5,410 people tested positive for the virus during the time while the number was only 6 from March 8 to March 23.
She said COVID-19 cases were found in 60 districts meaning that almost all regions of the country are now risky for the fatal disease.
Nasima said Dhaka city has been considered as the worst-affected with nearly 45 percent of COVID cases, while Dhaka division has remained top position with over 80 percent infected cases out of total coronavirus patients. — NNN-BSS