Bangladesh today reported 5,181 COVID-19 cases, the highest number in a single day, as the deadly virus was first detected on March 8, last year.
The country recorded 45 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll from the pandemic to 8,949,�, a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
During the late winter season, infection rate started decreasing sharply as the country reported 2.30 percent coronavirus positive cases on February 8 this year while the figure has surged significantly in recent times.
Of the total sample tests in the past 24 hours, 18.38 percent tested positive, while 13.01 percent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the release added.
A total of 28,195 samples were tested at 224 authorized laboratories across the country during the time.
It said the tally of infections has surged to 6,00,895 as 5,181 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.
The recovery count rose to 5,38,018 after another 2,077 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period.
Among the total infections, 89.54 percent patients have recovered, while 1.49 percent died so far since the first COVID-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8.
Among the 45 deaths, 30 are male and 15 female, the press release said,adding one is in his 20s, five are in their 30s, four in their 40s, eight in their 50s while 27 are above 60 years.
According to the division-wise data, 28 deaths took place in Dhaka Division.
Among the total 8,949 fatalities, 5,081 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 1,628 in Chattogram division, 499 in Rajshahi division, 577 in Khulna division, 273 in Barishal division, 317 in Sylhet division, 373 in Rangpur division and 201 in Mymensingh division, according to the press release.
A total of 46,17,025 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.
It added that 2,68,49,400 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 March 29, 2021, 10:47 GMT, 2,797,663 people have died so far from the COVID-19 outbreak and there are currently 127,863,603 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, 2020 reported the first death from the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the capital of Central China�s Hubei province.