THE death toll from COVID-19 rose to 127 in Bangladesh on Thursday (23), and the number of infected people stands at 4,186.
Bangladesh health minister Zahid Maleque said that seven more people died and 414 more tested positive for the coronavirus in the country in the past 24 hours.
Nasima Sultana, additional director of Directorate General of Health Services said that 3,416 people were tested in the past 24 hours.
The South Asian country confirmed the first COVID-19 case on March 8 and the first death from the viral disease on March 18.
Nasima Sultana said that as of Wednesday night COVID-10 spread to 58 districts.
According to government data, on March 23, the number of infected people was only six in Bangladesh but the daily infections now rose to 414 on Thursday.
Among the infected people, 85 per cent are from Dhaka division – 45 per cent in the capital and 39 per cent is from other districts in the Dhaka division, New Age Bangladesh daily reported.
Narayanganj, Gazipur, Kishoreganj and Narsingdi are the worst affected districts after the capital city..
All the seven new deaths in the past 24 hours occurred in Dhaka and five of them are male, Nasima said. Four of them were aged above 60, two in their fifties and one in forties, she said.
