Record 4,008 new cases reported in a day

As of today (17 June), 98,489 Covid-19 infected patients have been confirmed in Bangladesh, with 4008 new patients being screened positively in the last 24 hours.

Health authorities aired this announcement on Wednesday along with the report of 43 more deaths incurred for this virus, which brings the total death to 1305.

Additional Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Nasima Sultana put forth this latest figures in an online bulletin concerning the Covid-19 situation on Wednesday afternoon.

She added around 1925 patients have been recovered and released from hospitals in the meantime this same period to ignite the light of hope. Counting that, Covid-19's winning number stands at 38,189.

She also reported that over the last 24 hours 17,527 samples of suspect coronavirus were tested. In this research, there are more than 59 coronavirus laboratories across the country were involved.