DHAKA, Oct 4, 2020 – Bangladesh today recorded 23 novel coronavirus
(COVID-19) deaths and 1,125 fresh cases overnight.
The recovery count rose to 2,81,656 after another 1,587 patients were
discharged from the hospitals during the period, a press release of the
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.
“Twenty-three more COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hours, increasing
the death toll from the pandemic to 5,348,” the release said.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 3,68,690 as 1,125 new cases
were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
A total of 9,859 samples were tested at 109 authorized laboratories across
the country during the time. Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours,
11.41 percent tested positive, while 18.53 percent cases were detected from
the total tests conducted so far, the release added.
Among the total infections, 76.39 percent patients have recovered, while
1.45 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were
reported in the country on March 8.
Among the 23 deaths, 17 are male and six female, the press release said,
adding one is in his 20s, one in his 30s, three in their 40s, five in their
50s while 12 are above 60 years and one is between 11 to 20 years.
According to the division-wise data, 17 deaths took place in Dhaka
division and the rests are in other divisions.
Among the total 5,348 deaths, 2,692 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 1088
in Chattogram division, 354 in Rajshahi division, 437 in Khulna division, 188
in Barishal division, 233 in Sylhet division, 244 in Rangpur division and 112
in Mymensingh division, according to the press release.
A total of 19,89,664 samples have so far been tested since the detection of
the first COVID-19 cases in the country.
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.
A total of 4,31,402 people have so far received healthcare services from
telemedicine.
The DGHS said 2,13,62,831 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.
To receive information and treatment facilities on COVID-19, the contact
hotline and mobile numbers are 16263; 333; 10655 and 01944333222.
As of October 4, 2020, 10:23 GMT, 1,038,543 have died so far from the
COVID-19 outbreak and there are 35,174,996 currently confirmed cases in 212
countries and territories, according to Worldometer, a reference website that
provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics.
China was the world’s first country which on January 11 reported the first
death from the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the capital of Central China’s
Hubei province.