Bangladesh
Coronavirus COVID-19: One death, 34 new cases reported in last 24 hours
Own Correspondent, Dhaka, May 30: The Covid-19 death toll in Bangladesh has mounted to 29,131 as one corona-related fatality was reported in 24 hours from 8 am on Sunday to 8 am on Monday.
With 34 new cases of coronavirus detected in the last 24 hours, the total number of identified Covid-19 patients in the country has reached 19 lakh 53 thousand 481. The detection rate is 0.63 percent.
According to a regular press release on the Covid-19 situation in the country issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Monday (May 30), from 8 am on Sunday to 8 am on Monday, 5,362 samples were collected and 5,370 samples were tested in 879 government and private laboratories across the country.
Since the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020 till date, the overall detection rate in the country is 13.84 percent.
The DGHS said a woman from Tangail died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the death count to 29,131.
Meanwhile, the number of people recovered from Covid-19 in the country till date has reached 19 lakh two thousand 591 with 169 recoveries reported in the past 24 hours.
On March 8, 2020, the first Covid patient was detected in Bangladesh, while the country reported the first death due to coronavirus on March 18 in the same year.
