Thirty eight more people died from deadly virus corona while 1153 people were infected with the virus in the last 24 hours across the country.
This information was divulged to the media on Sunday (December 20) by DGHS through a press release.
According to the press release, the latest deaths and cases of infection have brought the toll to 7280 and 500713 respectively.
The release said that during the time 13316 samples were tested at 160 laboratories across the country making the total test of 3075680 samples. 1296 people have recovered bringing the recovery figure to 437327 so far.
It may be mentioned here that the first case of corona infection was detected in Bangladesh on last March 8 while the first death occurred on March 18.