Bangladesh records 28 COVID-19 deaths in a day, 1,764 new cases

at 5:20 pm
(Image source: United News of Bangladesh)

New Delhi (NVI): Bangladesh recorded the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 today, as 28 more patients died in the last 24 hours, raising the death tally to 610.

The country is also witnessing rise in coronavirus cases with the detection of 1,764 new cases, taking the total cases to 44,608.

So far, a total of 9,375 people have recovered from the deadly contagion, after 360 more patients made recovery.

Against the total number of detected cases, the recovery rate is 21.02 percent and the mortality rate is 1.37 percent in country.

In addition to this, as many as 4,544 policemen in the country have been infected by the novel coronavirus while being on duty, according to media reports.