Covid-19 death toll reaches 8,285
In the last 24 hours, 446 people tested positive
Bangladesh confirmed 11 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours till Monday 8am.
The country's death toll from the virus now stands at 8,285, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
In the last 24 hours, 446 people tested positive for Covid-19 and the number of cases in the country now stands at 541,038.
The latest day's infection rate was 3.15% of the total tests, though the overall rate in the country to date was 14.01%. The death rate stands at 1.53%.
Among the latest day's victims, seven were men and four were women.
Moreover, seven of them hailed from Dhaka, and one each from Chattogram, Rajshahi, Khulna, and Sylhet divisions.
Ten of them died in different hospitals across the country, and one at home.
Meanwhile, 14,138 samples were tested in 210 labs across the country in the past 24 hours. A total of 3,862,254 samples have been tested in the country so far.
Also, 641 patients were declared free of Covid-19 during the same period, raising the total number of recoveries to 487,870 with a 90.17% recovery rate.
The country's maiden cases were reported on 8 March last year and the first death from the virus was reported on 18 March.