Bangladesh COVID-19 death toll exceeds 21,000

Bangladesh reported 15,989 new COVID-19 cases and 246 more deaths on Monday, making the tally at 1,280,317 and the death toll at 21,162, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. The official data showed that 53,462 samples were tested in the last 24 hours as of 8:00 a.m. local time on Monday across Bangladesh. The total number of recovered patients in the country stood at 1,108,748 including 15,482 new recoveries Monday, said the DGHS. According to the official data, the COVID-19 fatality rate in Bangladesh is now 1.65 percent and the current recovery rate is 86.60 percent.