New Delhi (NVI): The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Bangladesh crossed the 100,000-mark and reached 1,05,537 after detection of 3,243 new cases in the last 24 hours.
In addition to this, 45 more patients lost their lives due to the deadly contagion, raising the death toll to 1,388 in the country.
So far, 42,945 people have recovered in the country after 2,781 more patients were recovered during this period.
Against the total number of detected cases, the recovery rate is 40.69 percent and the mortality rate is 1.32 percent in the country.
Meanwhile, former Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives (LGRD) Minister, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, has tested positive for coronavirus.
Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18, 2020.
-CHK
