New Delhi (NVI): Bangladesh has been witnessing an alarming rise in coronavirus cases in the past week, with 314 infected cases being reported in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of infected people to 1,572.
Besides, 10 more people died from the virus raising the number of total deaths to 60, the highest number of deaths in a day, according to United News of Bangladesh.
The sample collection rate is 4 per cent higher than Wednesday and the test rate is 16 per cent higher, Additional Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Nasima Sultana today said.
Meanwhile, the local administration has put Sherpur, a district in central Bangladesh, under lockdown yesterday night to limit transmission of coronavirus.
The decision comes after Sherpur confirmed 9 coronavirus cases in the last 10 days, according to media reports.
No new cases of recovery have been reported.
