15 more die, 509 infected with Covid

The health authorities in Bangladesh yesterday confirmed 15 new coronavirus-related deaths and 509 new cases, raising the death toll to 8,087.

The Covid-19 infection rate in the country now stands at 3.43 percent, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in a handout.

"The mortality rate is now 1.51 percent," the DGHS said.

Meanwhile, the new cases pushed up the national tally to 533,953 while the current overall detection rate is 14.77 percent.

Until this morning, 478,546 patients -- 89.62 percent of the total reported cases -- have recovered.

So far, 3,615,338 samples have been tested, including 14,633 in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18 last year.