By: Aswathy Nair
BANGLADESH reported 564 new COVID-19 cases and five deaths in the past 24 hours in the country. With this the death toll due to the deadly virus reached 168 and total number of patients stand at 7,667, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Thursday (30).
The number of COVID-19 cases have spiked in the country since last week. A total of 4,965 samples were tested in 29 laboratories across the country since Wednesday, said Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of DGHS.
Meanwhile, 10 more patients receiving treatment at several hospitals recovered from the infection, taking the total recovery number to 160.
Bangladesh is the second largest garment producer in the world after China. Following protests from the workers the country has reopened some of the factories. The lockdown in the South Asian nation will be in force till May 5.
Among the five latest deaths, three were male and two were female. Two were aged between 40-50 years old and the rest of them were above 60.
In the last 24 hours, 130 people were put under isolation around the country, the DGHS official said.
