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Covid-19: Bangladesh sees 32 deaths, 698 new cases

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Published: 21:56, 17 May 2021   Update: 00:24, 18 May 2021
Covid-19: Bangladesh sees 32 deaths, 698 new cases

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Bangladesh recorded 32 deaths and 698 new cases of deadly disease coronavirus in the last 24 hours until Monday morning, according to a handout of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

With the updated figures, the death toll of the virus rose to 12,181 while the caseload to 7,80,857 in the country so far, the DGHS said in the handout this afternoon.

The infection rate of the virus slightly went up to 6.75 percent from Sunday’s 6.69 percent while the fatality rate remained static at 1.56 percent for the last two consecutive days, the DGHS said.

Some 10, 247 samples were tested at 466 government authorised laboratories in the country and of them, 698 new cases were detected in the same time.

As many as 1,058 patients were declared free from the infection, taking the number of recoveries to 7, 23, 098 with recovery rate 92.69 percent.

Among the deceased, 23 were male while 9 were female and 21 patients breathed their last at different public hospitals and 11 at private hospitals and two at their houses at the same period.

the victim, the health authority counted 21 deaths from Dhaka division, the most vulnerable area for coronavirus in Bangladesh.

Meanwhile, Worldometer, a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics, has recorded 33, 94, 405 deaths so far caused by the virus and 16, 37, 52, 157 cases worldwide.

Since the outbreak of the virus in China in 2019, the health authority in Bangladesh confirmed the first case on March 8, 2020 and recorded the first death caused by the virus on March 18 in the same year.

Lockdown extended till May 23

Amid the situation, the government on Sunday extended the ongoing lockdown for another week until May 23 with two new directives alongside the existing ones to contain the spread of Covid-19.

It said all offices and agencies relating to revenue collection will be considered as emergency service providers but restaurants and eateries will remain open with only takeaway or online services.

As coronavirus cases kept growing at an alarming rate since mid-March, the government imposed a nationwide lockdown from April 5 as part of its move to contain its spread.

But with no improvement in sight, the government went for stricter lockdown and extended it in phases.

Schools, colleges to remain closed until May 29

The government has again extended the closure of secondary and higher secondary level educational institutions until May 29.

The decision was taken considering the safety of students, teachers and staffers after consultation with the National Advisory Committee on Covid-19, according to a handout of the Education Ministry. During the closure online classes will continue, it added.

The government shut educational institutions on March 17 last year, just over a week after the country reported its first Covid-19 cases.

On February 22, the education minister announced that university classes would resume on May 24 while the residential halls were scheduled to be reopened on May 17.

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