The official tally showed the virus killed 24,719 people and infected 14,40,644 so far, it added. The recovery count rose to 13,27,028 after another 12,112 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past day. The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning 92.11 percent recovered, while 1.72 percent died.

 

The DGHS said among the total 24,719 fatalities, 10,932 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 4,875 in Chattogram, 1,880 in Rajshahi, 3,264 in Khulna, 833 in Barishal, 1006 in Sylhet, 1,230 in Rangpur, and 739 in Mymensingh division.

 

The beginning of the current year witnessed a drastic fall of coronavirus cases in the country but the trend lasted for only two months — 21,629 cases were detected in January and 11,077 in February.

After the drastic fall of COVID-19 confirmed cases, the country witnessed a sharp increase in infection as 65,079 cases were reported in March 2021 and 1,47,837 cases in April.

The country again witnessed a fall in May 2021 as it recorded 41,408 cases. From the beginning of June 2021, the country recorded a sharp rise with 1,12,718 cases, the DGHS said.