22 deaths in 24 hours in Corona, 1,541 identified

Dhaka: In the last 24 hours, 22 more people have died from the corona virus in the country. A total of 4,661 people have died.

1,541 people have recently been identified. In total, the number of victims stands at three lakh 45,605 people.

Friday (September 18) afternoon, Additional Director General of the Department, Prof. This information was given in a press release signed by Nasima Sultana.

It said 2,923 people, including asymptomatic patients, have recovered in the past 24 hours at various hospitals and homes across the country, including Dhaka City. So far, a total of two lakh 52,335 people have recovered. Samples have been collected and tested in 94 public and privately run laboratories throughout the country. 12,614 samples have been collected in the last 24 hours. A total of 11,630 samples were analyzed. So far 16,996 thousand 509 samples have been tested.

Furthermore, it was reported that in the last 24 hours, the sample testing rate was 12.11 percent. So far, the detection rate is 19.25 percent, the recovery rate is 72.96 percent, and the death rate is 1.41 percent.

In the notification, Nasima Sultana said, of 22 people killed in 24 hours, 18 were men and six were women. Among them are 13 in the Dhaka division, three in the Chittagong division and two in the Sylhet division. In addition, there are four in each of the Rajshahi, Khulna, Rangpur and Mymensingh divisions. Of these, 21 died in the hospital and one at home. The age analysis of the dead revealed that there were 12 people over 60 years old, eight people between 51 and 60 years old and two people between 41 and 50 years old.

He said 26 people have come to isolation in the last 24 hours and 540 people have been exempted from isolation. So far, 6,418 people have arrived in isolation. 61,495 people have come out of isolation. There are currently 16,922 people in isolation

Bangladesh time: 1526 hours, September 18, 2020
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