COVID-19: BD Records 22 More Deaths

Bangladesh reported 22 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours till Wednesday, taking the death toll to 7,531,

The data was released in a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Meanwhile, 1,235 people tested positive for the virus. The number of total cases in the country now stands at 512,496.

The infection rate was 8.11 percent of the total tests, though the overall rate in the country to date was 15.94 percent. The death rate stands at 1.47 percent.

1,507 patients were declared free of COVID-19 during the same period, raising the total number of recoveries to 456,070 with an 88.99 percent recovery rate.

The country's first COVD-19 case was reported on March 8 this year and the first death from the virus was reported on March 18.