COVID-19 deaths in Bangladesh reach 27; cases at 424

at 5:20 pm
Bangladesh lockdown

New Delhi (NVI): The total number of COVID-19 fatalities in Bangladesh reached 27 after 6 more people have died due to the novel coronavirus pandemic today, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

The total number of positive cases jumped by 94 in the last 24 hours, raising the number of coronavirus cases in the country to 424.

Over 13,000 people are in quarantine currently across the country, according to United News off Bangladesh.

Among the 6 deceased, 5 are male and 1 is female, IEDCR director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora said in a special bulletin today.

Meanwhile, the whole of the country has been put under a lockdown including the Rohingya refugee camps to curb the spread of coronavirus as the positive cases and fatalities are on a spike.