Bangladesh: COVID-19 cases exceeds 100,000

Bangladesh has recorded a total of 102,292 confirmed cases COVID-19 or coronavirus by Thursday, since the first case was reported on March 8.

As many as 3,803 new infections were reported over the past 24 hours across the country, a Director-General of Health Services Nasima Sultana said on Thursday.

Addressing a press conference in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, 38 people have also died due to pandemic over the past 24 hours, taking the total death count to 1,343.

Meanwhile, 1,975 patients have also recovered from the pandemic in the south Asian country with a population of 165 million taking the total tally of recoveries to 40,164, the official added.

During the past 24-hours, the country also tested 16,259 samples, Sultana said.

Another Director General of Health Services Abul Kalam Azad, who was himself infected by the pandemic and recovered, said the government has appointed 2,000 physicians and 5,000 nurses to combat the disease.