Bangladesh's confirmed coronavirus cases cross 100,000

As per today (18 June), 102,229 Covid-19 infected patients have been confirmed in Bangladesh, with 3803 new patients being screened positively in the last 24 hours.

Health authorities aired this announcement on Thursday along with the report of 38 more deaths incurred for this virus, which brings the total death to 1343.

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 Thursday afternoon.

She also reported that over the last 24 hours 16,259 samples of suspect coronavirus were tested. In this research, there are more than 61 coronavirus laboratories across the country were involved.