9 More Die of Covid-19, 306 New Cases Detected

The deaths from the deadly novel coronavirus continue to rise in Bangladesh as 9 more people died in the last 24 hours till Saturday, taking the total death toll in the country to 84.

Besides, 306 people tested positive for coronavirus during this period, raising the number of cases in the country to 2,144.

IEDCR Director Prof Dr. Meerjady Sabrina Flora made the disclosure joining the daily health bulletin.

2,114 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across the country, she said.

"Eight more patients have made recovery which brings the total number of recovered patients to 64" Dr. Flora added. 

Professor Flora mentioned that 564 people are taking treatments in hospitals across the country.

"Eleven of the patients are in ICUs," she added. 

Among the newly-infected patients, 27 percent are aged between 21 and 30 years, 22 percent between 31 and 40 years, 19 percent between 41 and 50," Prof Flora said. 

"Seventy percent of the 306 newly-infected patients are male while the rest are female," she added. 

Of the nine deceased, six are from Dhaka, two from Narayanganj and one was from Savar. 

"Most of the infected people are in Dhaka, 32 percent of them got affected in the past 24 hours...Gazipur is seeing the higher number of infections followed by Narshingdi and Kishoreganj," Prof Flora said. 

Source: UNB