Female dying double than male of Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Health authorities also reported 5,567 more recoveries over the preceding 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 14,60,754 according to data released by the government.

In the last 24 hours, 799 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country collected 27,233 and tested 27,466.

With this, a total of 91,18,843 samples were tested in the country.

Among 56 deaths, 19 are male and 37 female, the press release said, adding that three were in their 30s, six in their 40s, and 20 in their 50s while 27 were above 60 years.

The infection rate is 9.69 per cent in the last 24 hours, compared to the samples tested, while the overall infection rate is 16.67 per cent.

So far, the recovery rate is 95.11 per cent and the mortality rate is 1.59 per cent.