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Bangladesh today reported 1,765 COVID-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed 41 lives overnight.\u00a0 \u201cThe tally of infections has surged to 8,02,305 as 1,765 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours . . . 41 people died of COVID-19 during the period,\u201d Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.\u00a0 A total of 41 COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 12,660.\u00a0 It said 9.67 percent of the 18,250 samples collected in 24 hours were tested positive while the infection rate was only 2.30 percent just on February 8 this year as during the late winter season, the rate started decreasing sharply.\u00a0 The samples were tested at 503 authorized medical laboratories across the country during the time as the government put in efforts to increase the number of testing centers gradually with resurgence of the pandemic.\u00a0 The recovery count rose to 7,42,151 after another 1,779 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.\u00a0 The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning, 92.50 percent recovered, while 1.58 percent died.\u00a0 It said 15 out of the 41 people died in Dhaka division alone and 26 of them were male while 15 were female and added that one is below 10 years, two are in their 30s, four in their 40s, 10 in their 50s while 24 are above 60 years.\u00a0 Bangladesh recorded the highest number of COVID-19 fatalities on April 19 this year when the virus killed 112 people in a day.\u00a0 The DGHS said Bangladesh\u2019s COVID-19 confirmed cases crossed 5,000 mark on March 29, 2021 and 6,000 mark on April 1, 2021 while it surpassed 7,000 mark on April 4, 2021.\u00a0 The country recorded 7,626 COVID-19 cases on April 7 this year, the highest daily spike since the outbreak of the pandemic, it added.\u00a0 According to month-wise statistics last year, 51 COVID-19 positive cases were detected in March 2020, 7616 in April, 39,486 in May, 98,330 in June, 92,178 in July, 75,335 in August, 50,483 in September, 44, 205 in October, 57,248 in November and 48,578 in December.\u00a0 The beginning of the current year witnessed a drastic fall of coronavirus cases in the country but the trend lasted for only two months \u2014 21,629 cases were detected in January and 11,077 in February.\u00a0 After the drastic fall of COVID-19 confirmed cases, the country witnessed a sharp increase of infection as 65,079 cases were reported in March, 2021 and 1,47,837 cases in April.\u00a0 According to month-wise statistics last year, five COVID-19 deaths were reported in March, 2020, 163 in April, 482 in May, 1,197 in June, 1,264 in July, 1,179 in August, 970 in September, 672 in October, 721 in November and 915 in December.\u00a0 Month-wise data of the current year, 568 coronavirus fatalities were recorded in January, 2021, 281 in February and 638 in March, the DGHS sources said.\u00a0 The DGHS said among the total 12,660 fatalities, 7,187 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 2,420 in Chattogram, 691 in Rajshahi, 792 in Khulna, 384 in Barishal, 461 in Sylhet, 467 in Rangpur and 258 in Mymensingh division.\u00a0 The DGHS said in order to make treatment facilities easily available for the COVID-19 patients, the government has introduced telemedicine services comprising 100 physicians for round the clock in the country.\u00a0 It added that 2,82,44,905 people received healthcare services from hotline mobile numbers and health web portals as the government formed a group of medical professionals to provide emergency healthcare services.\u00a0 To receive information and treatment facilities on COVID-19, the contact hotline and mobile numbers are 16263; 333; 10655 and 01944333222.\u00a0 As of June 01, 2021, 10:50 GMT, 3,566,430 people have died so far from the COVID-19 outbreak and there are currently 171,520,497 confirmed cases in 212 countries and territories, according to Worldometer, a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics.\u00a0 China was the world\u2019s first country which on January 11, 2020 reported the first death from the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the capital of Central China\u2019s Hubei province.<\/p>\n
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