Bangladesh Reports 88 COVID Deaths, 3,629 New Cases

Bangladesh reports 88 more deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, pushing the death count to 10,869 in the country. 

After three days in a row with more than 90 deaths since April 20, the number of daily deaths dropped today.

The death toll dropped below 100 on Tuesday with 91 new fatalities after a record number of daily deaths in four consecutive days since April 16. The country's highest-ever deaths from Covid-19 were reported on 19 April when 112 people died from the dreaded virus.

In the meantime, the country reported 3,629 new cases with an infection rate of 14%. The total caseload now stands at 7,39,703.

The country's maiden cases were reported on 8 March last year and the first death from the virus was reported on 18 March that year.

India on Friday reported over 3 lakh coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases for the second day in a row, clocking 332,730 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry's dashboard, reports Hindustan Times.

With this, India's trend of registering the world's highest daily tally continues, pushing the country's total infection count to 16,263,695 cases. As many as 2,263 people also died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, mounting the coronavirus death toll to 186,920.

India is second only to the United States in the total number of cases reported since the beginning of the pandemic.

Worldwide, 3,087,246 people died of Covid-19 and 145,402,540 people have so far been infected with the virus, according to Worldometer.