Five more people died of COVID-19 and 564 more people were infected with the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours ending at 8:00am on Thursday.
With the new figures, the death toll from COVID-19 rose to 168 and the number of infected people rose to 7667, said Directorate General of Health Services additional director general Nasima Sultana in the daily online bulletin on the coronavirus situation.
Among the deceased, three were male and two were female.
10 more people recovered from the novel coronavirus infection in last 24 hours, totaling the number of recovered persons to 160.
In the last 24 hours, several coronavirus testing laboratories across the country tested 4,965 samples, Nasima said.
World Health Organisation confirmed 30,23,788 cases and 20,8112 deaths across the world until the afternoon.
Earlier on April 16, Directorate General of Health Services declared the entire country as ‘vulnerable zone’ to virus infection.
Bangladesh government extended the general holidays until May 5 to contain the spread of highly infectious virus.
Bangladesh confirmed its first coronavirus cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18.