6 die of Covid-19, 287 test positive for the disease

Six people died of Covid in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, said a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services.

The health directorate also reported 287 new cases of coronavirus after testing 4,120 individuals.

The last time officials recorded six deaths in a day was on Sunday.

Of those reported dead yesterday, the youngest was aged between 21 and 30 years while another between 31 and 40 and the rest were 51 years and above.

Five of them were men and the other was a woman; one each died in Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions while two each in Chattogram and Rajshahi divisions.

In the same 24 hours, 554 Covid-19 patients recovered from their illness. The overall recovery rate now stands at 97.16 percent.