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Bangladesh reports 38 COVID-19 deaths, 3,62,428 total recoveries
(updates with more information)
DHAKA, Nov 22, 2020 (BSS) – Bangladesh today recorded 38 novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) deaths and 2,060 fresh cases overnight.
The recovery count rose to 3,62,428 after another 2,076 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
“Thirty-eight more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing
the death toll from the pandemic to 6,388,” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 4,473,41 as 2,060 new cases
were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 13,870 samples were tested at 117 authorized laboratories
across the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 14.85 percent tested
positive, while 16.89 percent cases were detected from the total tests
conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 81.02 percent patients have recovered, while
1.43 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were
reported in the country on March 8.
Among the 38 deaths, 28 are male and 10 female, the press release said,
adding four are in their 30s, four in their 40s, ten are in their 50s, 19 are
above 60 years and one is below ten years.
According to the division-wise data, 28 deaths took place in Dhaka
division and rests are in other divisions.
Among the total 6,388 deaths, 3,377 deaths occurred in Dhaka division,
1,234 in Chattogram division, 389 in Rajshahi division, 488 in Khulna
division, 215 in Barishal division, 262 in Sylhet division, 291 in Rangpur
division and 132 in Mymensingh division, according to the press release.
A total of 26,49,072 samples have so far been tested since the detection
of the first COVID-19 cases in the country.
The DGHS said in order to make treatment facilities easily available for
the COVID-19 patients, the government has introduced telemedicine services
comprising 100 physicians, for round- the-clock in the country.
A total of 5,57,885 people have so far received healthcare services from
telemedicine.
The DGHS said 2,27,47,467 people received healthcare services from hotline
mobile numbers and health web portals as the government formed a group of
medical professionals to provide emergency healthcare services.
To receive information and treatment facilities on COVID-19, the contact
hotline and mobile numbers are 16263; 333; 10655 and 01944333222.
As of November 22, 2020, 10:30 GMT, 1,387,955 people have died so far from
the COVID-19 outbreak and there are currently 58,580,151 confirmed cases in
212 countries and territories, according to Worldometer, a reference website
that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics.
China was the world’s first country which on January 11 reported the first
death from the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the capital of Central China’s
Hubei province.
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