The tally of infections soared to 38,292 after 1,541 COVID-19 cases were detected in the 24 hours to 8 am Wednesday, according to the health directorate. The rate of recovery from the disease in Bangladesh currently stands at 20.70 percent while the mortality rate is 1.42 percent, according to government data. A total of 8,015 samples were tested at 48 authorised labs across the country in the last 24 hours, Nasima added. Globally, over 5.6 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 350,752 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 27, 2020 08:48 UTC