Forty-one people have died from COVID-19 in the country during the last 24 hours, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The total number of deaths has now reached 3,822 and the death rate stands at 1.33 percent.

Two thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, adds the press release.

With the fresh cases, the total number of positive cases so far in the country stands at 2,87,995 and the current infection rate is 20.40 percent.

The total infection rate stands at 20.46 percent, according to the release.

Meanwhile, 3,253 COVID-19 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours.

The total number of recoveries stands at 1,68,991 and the recovery rate at 58.69 percent.

https://www.thedailystar.net/coronavirus-deadly-new-threat/news/COVID-19-41-die-2868-infected-3253-recover-24-hours-1948133