Published in: The Business Standard
Date: 03 September, 2020

The country’s death toll from the virus now stands at 4,383and the number of coronavirus cases stands at 3,19,686

Highlights:

• Total infected: 319,686 or 20.08%
• Total death: 4,383 or 1.37%
• Total recovery: 213,980 or 66.93%
• Total sample test: 1,592,038
• Isolated: 19,869
• In Quarantine: 52,183

Bangladesh confirmed 32 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours till 8am on Tuesday. The country’s death toll from the virus now stands at 4,383, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). In the last 24 hours, 2,158 people tested positive for Covid-19 and the number of novel coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 3,19,686.

“Of the dead patients, 24 were men and eight were women. Moreover, 15 of them hailed from Dhaka, seven from Chattogram, three from Sylhet, six from Rangpur and one from Mymensingh district. 31 of them died in different hospitals while one died at home, says the press release. The gender breakdown of Covid-19’s victims shows that 78.30 percent or 3,432 of the total were men, and 21.70 percent or 951 were women.

While talking about district-wise fatalities, 2,120 hailed from Dhaka division, 950 from Chattogram, 363 from Khulna, 291 from Rajshahi, 200 from Rangpur, 197 from Sylhet, 169 from Barishal, and 93 from Mymensingh district. According to the age group analysis of Covid-19 victims, as of Thursday, the majority of patients that died – 2,176 or 49.65 percent – were aged sixty and above.  The age groups of 51-60 and 41-50 come next with, respectively, 1,201 and 582 people. The rest of the people are within the age group of 31-40 with 264 people, 21-30 with 105, 11-20 with 36 people and under ten with 19 people. A total of 2,964 patients were declared free of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours and the total number of recoveries reached 213,980.

Some 14,617 samples were collected in the last 24 hours and 14,422 were tested in 93 labs across the country. So far 1,592,038 samples have been tested. Around 66.93 percent of novel coronavirus patients – both symptomatic and asymptomatic – have recovered in Bangladesh so far, while 1.37 percent have died. The latest day’s infection rate was 14.96 percent of the total tests, though the overall rate in the country till date was 20.08 percent. Currently, 52,183 people are quarantined across the country – including 2,046 newly-quarantined individuals. A total of 448,985 people have completed their quarantine course.

The authorities placed 698 new individuals suspected of having Covid-19 into isolation, bringing the total to 19,869 after 53,296 left. As many as 19,899,644 hotline health services were given by trained and volunteer doctors via three designated numbers (16263, 333, and 10655) , including 51,826 in the last 24-hour till 8am today. Via the telemedicine service, everyday a total of 100 doctors and health officils in two shifts are providing Covid-19 advice, that has been availed by 289,148 people till date including 5,101 in the last 24 hours. There are 14,474 general beds available in the country for Covid-19 treatment where 3,798 people are already admitted, and 10,676 beds are available for treatment.

Moreover, there are 550 ICU facilities in the country and 234 ICU beds are available for the treatment of novel coronavirus infected patients in the country. There are 13,011 oxygen cylinders, 490 high-flow nasal cannula and 180 oxygen concentrator available across the country. The deadly virus has killed 867,347 people globally and infected 26,177,535 so far.

Source: https://tbsnews.net/coronavirus-chronicle/covid-19-bangladesh/32-more-covid-19-deaths-2158-new-cases-127819