In the last several days the daily percentage of people testing positive for Covid-19 has been on the rise in Bangladesh.
On Thursday, a total of 23.39% people out of suspected inflicted who underwent the test reported as positive with Covid-19 across the country -- the highest Covid-19 positive percentage since the first detection on March 8.
Additional Director General (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana revealed the latest figures during the daily online bulletin on the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
She said: “As many as 17,349 samples were collected between Wednesday and Thursday.
“Of those, 16,259 samples were tested in the authorized labs across the country and 3,803 of them or 23.39% tested Covid-19 positive.”
“So far, a total of 567,503 samples were tested for the deadly virus,” she added.
As of Thursday, Bangladesh had confirmed 102,29 coronavirus cases with the death toll rising to 1,343 after 38 new fatalities were reported.
Till now the fast-spreading coronavirus has claimed more than 452,000 lives and infected more than 8,489,000 people globally, according to worldometer.
As many as 4,446,000 people have recovered from Covid-19, which has spread to 213 countries and territories across the world.
