Shawdesh dEsk:

Bangladesh logged 11 more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the toll at 8,285.

Some 446 people tested positive for Covid-19 over the period and the number of novel coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 541,038.

Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) confirmed the information issuing a press release on Monday afternoon.

The latest day’s infection rate was 3.15% of the total tests, though the overall rate in the country till date was 14.01%. The death rate stands at 1.53%.

Meanwhile, 14,138 samples were tested in 210 labs across the country in the past 24 hours. A total of 3,862,254 samples have been tested in the country so far.

Also, 641 patients were declared free of Covid-19 during the same period, raising the total number of recoveries to 487,870 with a 90.17% recovery rate.