Bangladesh's COVID-19 death toll exceeds 17,000

Bangladesh reported 12,383 new COVID-19 cases and 210 more deaths on Wednesday, making the tally at 1,059,538 and the death toll at 17,052, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. The official data showed that 42,490 samples were tested in the last 24 hours as of 8:00 a.m. local time Wednesday across Bangladesh. The total number of recovered patients in the country stood at 897,412 including 8,245 new recoveries, said the DGHS. According to the official data, the COVID-19 fatality rate in Bangladesh is 1.61 percent and the current recovery rate stands at 84.70 percent.