Covid-19: 43 deaths, record 4,008 new cases reported in a day

Published : 17 Jun 2020, 14:57

Sahos Desk

As per today (17 June), 98,489 patients diagnosed with Covid-19 were reported in Bangladesh with 4008 new patients being positively screened over the last 24 hours.

This announcement was broadcast on Wednesday by health authorities along with the news of 43 more deaths suffered for this virus, taking the total death to 1305.

Professor Dr Nasima Sultana, Additional Director General of Health Directorate, said while presenting the regular online briefing on Wednesday.

In the last 24 hours, 59 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 17,527 samples, she added.

The detection rate of new patients on Tuesday has been recorded at 22.37 percent.

Across the country 1,925 more patients made recovery, she said adding that so far 38,189 people have recovered from the disease

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