Bangladesh has recorded 1,282 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, the lowest since August 02 2, taking the tally of infections to 336,044, bdnews24.com reports. Another 34 people died from the disease in the 24 hours to 8:00am Saturday, raising the death toll to 4,702, the government said. The number of daily recoveries outpaced new infections in the same period as another 2,247 patients overcame the disease through treatment at home and in hospital care. Globally, over 28.50 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 915,920 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 September 12, 2020 09:56 UTC