Covid-19: 7,075 new cases, 52 die

Bangladesh has recorded 52 more deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the number of total fatalities to 9,318. 

The country also registered more than 644,000 coronavirus cases with 7,075 people having tested positive over the same period.

With this development, the total number of all confirmed cases so far jumped to 644,439. 

Another 2,932 people recovered from COVID-19 through treatment at home and in-hospital care in the same period, bringing the tally of recoveries to 555,414.

As many as 30,239 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 23.4 percent.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) revealed the latest figures on Covid-19 in the country with a press release on Monday.