The caseload also soared to 17,822 after 1,162 people, in the steepest single-day jump, tested positive for COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8 am Wednesday, according to government data. Another 214 patients were released from hospitals in the same period, bringing the tally of recoveries to 3,361, DGHS Additional Director General Nasima Sultana said in a media briefing on Wednesday. Globally, over 4.26 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 291,981 have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

Source: bd News24 May 13, 2020 09:00 UTC