Covid-19 death toll reaches 8,384

Bangladesh recorded five more deaths from the novel coronavirus and 410 new cases in the last 24 hours till Thursday at 8am.

The country's death toll from the virus now stands at 8,384, read a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Also, the number of novel coronavirus cases in the country rose to 544,954.

The latest day's infection rate was 2.63% of the total tests, though the overall rate in the country till date was 13.61%. The death rate stands at 1.54%.

Among the latest day's victims, four were men and one was a woman.

Moreover, two of them hailed from Dhaka, and three from the Chattogram division.

All the deceased succumbed to the virus at different hospitals across the country.

Meanwhile, 15,560 samples were tested in 214 labs across the country in the past 24 hours. A total of 40,03,236 samples have been tested in the country so far.

Also, 957 patients were declared free of Covid-19 during the same period, raising the total number of recoveries to 4,94,755 with a 90.79% recovery rate.

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