Bangladesh logs 51 new Covid-19 cases

51 Coronavirus or Covid-19 cases were reported anew across the country in the past 24 hours as of Monday morning, taking the country’s total number of coronavirus cases to 20,47,348.

However, the country’s total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,482 as no Covid-19 deaths were reported during the period.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) issued a press release on Monday (February 5), confirming the information.

A total of 781 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 6.53 per cent, the release said.

Besides, the total number of recoveries were 20,14,539 with 29 new recoveries, it said.

Bangladesh reported its first Coronavirus case on March 8, 2020, while its first death was on March 18 that year.