Bangladesh’s COVID-19 death toll passes 19,000

DHAKA, July 24– Bangladesh reported 6,780 new COVID-19 cases and 195 new deaths on Saturday, making the tally at 11,53,344 and death toll at 19,046, the Directorate General of Health Services said. The official data showed that 20,827 samples were tested in the last 24 hours as of 8:00 a.m. local time Saturday across Bangladesh. Bangladesh recorded the highest…

DHAKA, July 24 (Xinhua) — Bangladesh reported 6,780 new COVID-19 cases and 195 new deaths on Saturday, making the tally at 11,53,344 and death toll at 19,046, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.

The official data showed that 20,827 samples were tested in the last 24 hours as of 8:00 a.m. local time Saturday across Bangladesh.

The total number of recovered patients in the country stood at 988,339 including 9,723 new recoveries Saturday, said the DGHS.

According to the official data, the COVID-19 fatality rate in Bangladesh is now 1.65 percent and the current recovery rate is 85.69 percent.

Bangladesh recorded the highest daily new cases of 13,768 on July 12 and the highest number of deaths of 231 on July 19. Enditem