2,423 new Covid-19 cases reported in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, Corona positive cases continued to rise with 2,423 new cases and 35 deaths reported during the last 24 hours.

With this, the total number of people infected by Corona virus in the country has gone up to 57,563.

So far, 781 people have died due to coronavirus. 571 people have recovered in the country in the last 24 hours.

Amid rising cases of Corona infections in the country, Additional



Director General of Directorate General of Health Services, Professor Nasima Sultana said mortality rate due to COVID-19 in Bangladesh is 1.3 percent which is much lower than the global average.

Meanwhile, the government today shifted Health Secretary Md. Asadul Islam to the planning division.

Md. Abdul Mannan has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Health Services Division.