DHAKA, Feb 22, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh recorded seven novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) deaths and 366 fresh cases overnight.
The recovery count rose to 4,92,059 after another 692 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
“Seven more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing the
death toll from the pandemic to 8,356,” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 5,43,717 as 366 new cases
were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 11,103 samples were tested at 214 authorized laboratories
across the country during the time.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 3.30 percent tested
positive, while 13.73 percent cases were detected from the total tests
conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 90.50 percent patients have recovered, while
1.54 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were
reported in the country on March 8.
Among seven deaths, four are male and three female the press release said,
adding one is in his 40s, two are in their 50s, while four are above 60
years.
According to the division-wise data, five deaths took place in Dhaka
division while the rests are in other divisions.
Among the total 8,356 fatalities, 4,674 deaths occurred in Dhaka division,
1,527 in Chattogram division, 476 in Rajshahi division, 558 in Khulna
division, 253 in Barishal division, 310 in Sylhet division, 362 in Rangpur
division and 196 in Mymensingh division, according to the press release.
A total of 39,58,776 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.
It added that 2,36,92,442 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 February 22, 2021, 10:54 GMT, 2,479,156 people have died so far from
the COVID-19 outbreak and there are currently 112,015,791 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.