New Delhi (NVI): The total number of COVID-19 fatalities have reached 17 in Bangladesh as 5 more deaths were confirmed today, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
Besides, the total number of positive cases has reached 164 with 41 new infections being reported in the last 24 hours.
“Four of the deceased are male and another is female. Among them, two were aged above 60, two between 50 to 60 and one between 41 to 50 years old,” IEDCR director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora said.
In the past 24 hours, no new patient recovered from COVID-19, according to United News of Bangladesh.
In addition to this, Bangladesh has devised an app which will allow people to check for symptoms of the coronavirus disease by uploading a chest X-ray, with test results available through artificial intelligence within minutes, accoridng to Arab News.