19 More COVID-19 Deaths; New Cases 1,604

Bangladesh logged 19 more deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours till Friday 8 a.m.

The country's death toll from the virus is now 5,905, according to a press release released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

In the meantime, 1,604 people tested positive for Covid 19. The number of novel coronavirus cases in the country is now 406,364.

The most recent day's infection rate was 11.34% of the total samples, while the average rate in the country to date was 17.48%. The mortality rate is 1.45 per cent.

Among the casualties of the last day, 12 were men and seven were women. 18 of them died in various hospitals around the country, while one died at home.

In addition, 13 of them came from Dhaka, two from Chattogram and Khulna, and one from Rajshah and Barishal divisions.

Meanwhile, 14,141 samples were tested in 112 labs across the country in the past 24 hours. A total of 2,324,730 samples have been tested in the country so far.

In addition, 1,422 patients were declared free of Covid-19 during the same period, increasing the total number of recoveries to 322,703 with a recovery rate of 79,41 per cent.

The gender breakdown of the victims of Covid-19 shows that 4,541 of the total victims were men and 1,364 were women.