Live Correspondent: Bangladesh today recorded 44 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths and 2,617 fresh cases overnight.

The recovery count rose to 1,54,871 after another 1,782 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

“Forty-four more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 3,557,” the release said. It said the tally of infections has surged to 2,69,115 as 2,617 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

A total of 13,162 samples were tested at 86 authorized laboratories across the country during the time.

Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 19.88 percent tested positive, while 20.45 percent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the release added.

Among the total infections, 57.55 percent patients have recovered, while 1.32 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8.

Dhaka, 13 August (campuslive24.com)//MI