The number of Corona positive cases in Bangladesh crossed 1 lakh mark on Thursday with 3803 new infections being reported in the last 24 hours. Briefing media virtually in Dhaka, the Addl. Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr. Nasima Sultana said that Bangladesh has now 1,02, 292 corona positive cases in the country.

The 1 lakh mark was reached by Bangladesh in 103 days after the first case was reported on March 8. The total number of active cases in the country however is 60,785.

Bangladesh also suffered 38 loss of lives due to Corona over the same period. The death toll due to Corona now stands at 1343. With the recovery of 1975 persons, the total number of recovered persons in the country is now 40,164.

According to DGHS, the recovery rate in Bangladesh stands at 39.26 percent while the death rate is 1.31 percent.

In the meanwhile, Director General of DGHS Dr. Abul Kalam Azad on Thursday cautioned people that it may not be possible to get rid of the Corona crisis quickly. He said that it will take a much longer time to completely contain the virus, even if the infection rate falls.

After the opening up of the offices, shops and malls, public transport and other places of public gathering on a limited scale, government of Bangladesh has been trying to adopt the zone wise lockdown approach to contain the spread of the Corona virus.
Areas with large number of Corona positive cases in the country have been declared red zones. The local administration has imposed complete lockdown in those areas.

The Technical Committee of the government has marked 45 areas in Dhaka as seriously affected by COVID 19 infection. Several areas in Cox’s Bazar, Narayanganj, Bandarban, Manikganj and Chittagong have been put under lockdown after they were found to have a large number of Corona positive cases.

In the meanwhile, evacuation of Indian citizens from Bangladesh is continuing under the Vande Bharat Mission. While more than 2300 people have already been evacuated, the High Commission of India in Bangladesh is likely to organize some more evacuation exercises to move those Indians who want to leave Bangladesh in view of the Corona pandemic.

On Tuesday, a batch of 166 passengers left for Delhi and Ahmedabad from Dhaka. It was the first flight to Ahmedabad from Bangladesh under the Vande Bharat Mission.

The evacuation may continue depending upon the requirement and condition on the ground.