Another record breaking day for corona positive cases in Bangladesh

Reported coronavirus infection cases have crossed the 26,000 mark in Bangladesh as more record 1,617 people tested positive in the last 24 hours in the country.

With the latest figure, the number of total confirmed cases jumped to 26,238.

The country also witnessed 16 more deaths from Covid-19 over the same period, taking the number of fatalities to 386 in the country.

Prof Dr Nasima Sultana, currently serving as Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), disclosed the information in the daily online health bulletin, held at the Management Information System (MIS) on Wednesday afternoon.

In the last 24 hours, coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 10,207 samples, she added.