numbers consisted of tests conducted in iedcr, institute of public health (iph), and bangladesh institute of tropical and infectious disease (bitid). till date, there were a total of 1095 individuals tested among whom were 48 known positive cases, 5 reported deaths, and 15 recoveries. patients with covid-19 symptoms continued to die in hospitals without access to testing facilities in barishal, khulna, lalmonirhat, manikganj, and patuakhali. some were treated at covid-19 isolation centers at hospitals in the districts and others were denied treatment. 30 march according to press briefing, 153 more tests were performed and one new covid-19 positive case was identified in the past 24 hours. as of 30 march 2020, total number of covid-19 positive cases in the country is 49. 31 march on 31 march, it was reported that 140 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, and two were tested positive. according to iedcr, there were no new deaths from covid-19 in the last 24 hours. these numbers consisted of tests conducted in iedcr, bangladesh institute of tropical and infectious disease, dhaka shishu hospital, international centre for diarrhoeal disease research, bangladesh, and armed forces institute of pathology, bangladesh. as of this date, there were a total of 1602 individuals tested among whom were 51 known positive cases, 5 reported deaths, and 25 recoveries. the reality of low number of tests still remains as a concern among many in the country. 1 april the health minister of bangladesh said in a video call conference that one more covid-19 patient had died and 3 more covid-19 positive cases were identified in the last 24 hours, taking the number of deaths to six and infected to 54. 2 april on 2 april, it was reported that 141 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, and two were tested positive, both of them are male and one of them is 30-40 while the other is between 70 and 80. according to dghs, there were no new deaths from covid-19 in the last 24 hours. 3 april on 3 april, it was reported that 513 new samples were tested and among them 5 were tested positive in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of infected to 61. during this period no new death was reported across the country. 100 families in narayanganj was put in self-isolation after a deceased woman was found covid-19 positive last night. the iedcr informed the district's civil surgeon around 7:00 pm (2 april) last night that the woman was infected with coronavirus. 4 april on 4 april, it was reported that 434 samples were tested out of 553 new samples and among them 9 were tested positive in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of infected to 70. during this period, 2 new death was reported across the country which takes the number of deaths from covid-19 to 8. 5 april on 5 april, it was reported that 367 new samples were tested and among them 18 were tested positive in the last 24 hours, raising the total number of infected to 88. during this period, 1 new death was reported across the country which takes the number of deaths from covid-19 to 9. dhaka had 54 cases that time. 6 april on 6 april, the country had the largest spike thus far in both the detected number of cases and the number of deaths, with 35 new detected cases and 3 new deaths the number of positive tests surged from 88 to 123 and deaths increased from 9 to 12. it was the most cases of that time. at 2 pm iedcr reports 127 cases. bashabo in dhaka was in a high risk. it was on lockdown. the health authorities tested 468 samples to confirm the 35 new cases. among these 35 cases, 12 were from narayanganj. 7 april on 7 april, the country had the largest number of cases so far in both detected number of cases and the number of deaths, with 45 new detected cases and 5 new deaths makes the number of the positive case from 123 to 164 and deaths increased from 12 to 17. 8 april 3 more died of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, iedcr said today. the death toll now stands at 20, dr. meerjady sabrina flora, director, institute of epidemiology, disease control and research (iedcr) said during a briefing. 55 people have tested positive for covid-19 in last 24 hours. with this, the total number of infected has reached 219. the total number of tests conducted in last 24 hours were 981 among them 633 sample are collected from the capital 9 april on 9 april 112 new people found positive and the death toll increased to 21. according to iedcr, this is the biggest number of covid-19 positive found in a day so far. the health authorities also stated that it tested 1,097 samples, mostly from dhaka and some across the country. this was the maximum in any given day. 10 april according to the mis department of dghs of bangladesh, the death toll increased from 21 to 27 and the total detected case is 424. the health authorities also stated that it tested another record high of 1,184 samples in some 17 testing facilities across the country. around 7,359 tests have been completed till now. 13 april the death toll now stands at 39, the minister said during the briefing. one hundred and eighty-two people have tested positive for covid-19 in the last 24 hours. with this, the total number of infected has reached 803. a total number of 1,570 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, the minister also said. meanwhile, three patients have recovered since yesterday taking the total recovery number to 42 so far, the minister added. 14 april seven more people have died in the country in the last 24 hours from being infected with the coronavirus. the death toll is now 46. in addition, 209 people were newly infected. the total number of infected have risen to 1,022. 18 april new identified: 309 as well as new deaths: 9. more than 100,000 people defied bangladesh's lockdown order on saturday to attend the funeral of a senior leader of the islamist party in the district of brahmanbaria. the funeral for maulana zubayer ahmad ansari, an islamic teacher, broke the country's ban of no more than five people attending prayers at one time. the police were unable to control the crowd. 19 april 312 victims had been identified as positive of covid-19. and fatalities was 7 death and 9 recovered. 20 april 492 was identified as positive for covid-19 which is considerably the highest infected person in bangladesh till now. 10 more casualties also reported so far. bangladesh bank announced tk 30 billion refinancing fund for low-income professionals, farmers and small-business owners affected by the coronavirus shutdown. 21 april 434 people tested positive for covid-19. 9 more people have died of coronavirus infection, taking the number of deaths to 110 in the country. field hospital the public health expert dr. bidduth barua took the initiative to build a field hospital and in collaboration with navana group built a 50-bed field hospital in chittagong called chattogram field hospital. it's the first field hospital in bangladesh after the liberation war in bangladesh.for today to till now this field hospital is providing services to corona patients completely free of cost. 22 april the number of confirmed coronavirus patients in bangladesh surged to 3,772 as the country registered 390 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. besides, 10 more people died from covid-19. with the latest, the death toll from the lethal disease now stands at 120. 23 april 414 new persons tested positive for covid-19. bangladesh crossed 4,000 cases mark right after two days of its previous 3,000 cases mark on 21 april 2020. 25 april 4689 people have been infected in total in bangladesh and 131 people died so far due to ncov-19. 503 positive cases in a day and this is the highest number of affected found in a day in bangladesh. 29 april novel coronavirus cases passed the 7000th mark in bangladesh and a record 641 people tested positive in a single day. the total number of death raised to 163 as 8 people died that day across the country. 1 may bangladesh passed the 8000th case mark within just 1 day and the total number of infected people in bangladesh is 8238. 170 people died so far and 174 people have been cured of novel coronavirus. 70239 people have been tested for 2019-ncov in bangladesh. 3 may bangladesh has recorded the highest single day cases from coronavirus infection as 665 more people tested positive in the last 24 hours. with the latest figure, the number of total confirmed cases jumped to 9,455. 4 may on 4 may, novel coronavirus cases passed the 10000 marks in bangladesh and a record 688 infected people found in a single day, and the total number of infected people in bangladesh is 10143. the total number of death raised to 182 as five people died today across the country. covid-19 6 may the number of confirmed coronavirus patients in bangladesh surged to 11,719 as the country registered 790 new cases in the last 24 hours. besides, three more people died from covid-19. with the latest, the death toll from the lethal disease now stands at 186. 7 may the number of total cases has jumped to 12425 with 706 new cases in the last 24 hours. 13 more people have died due to coronavirus, and the total death toll is 199 now. 8 may the total number of people affected due to covid-19 raised to 13,134. new covid-19 infection in the last 24hrs: 709. tests in the last 24 hours: 5.941. recovery in the last 24 hours: 191. new deaths in last 24 hrs: 07, isolation in last 24 hours: 103 9 may a total of 636 new cases have been registered in the last 24 hours. total covid-19 cases raised to 13,770. tests in the last 24 hours: 5,465. recovery in the last 24 hours: 313. new deaths in last 24 hrs: 08, isolation in last 24 hours: 196 10 may on 10 may, the number of active cases has raised by 887. now the total number of active coronavirus cases is 14657. the death toll raised to 228. 11 may bangladesh crossed 15000 marks with a record of 1034 new affected cases in a single day. the total number of coronavirus affected cases in bangladesh is 15691. the total number of death is now 239. 12 may the number of total cases has crossed 16660, with 969 new cases in the last 24 hours. 11 more people have died in the last 24 hours due to coronavirus, and the total death toll is 250. former bangladeshi cricketer and development coach ashiqur rahman tested positive for covid-19. 13 may a total of 1162 new cases have been registered on 13 may. total covid-19 cases raised to 17822. with 19 more death cases, the total death toll becomes 269. 14 may on 14 may, the number of active cases has raised by 1041. now the total number of active coronavirus cases is 18863. the death toll increased to 280. 15 may bangladesh crossed 20000 marks with a record of 1202 new affected cases in a single day. the total number of coronavirus affected cases in bangladesh is 20065. the total number of death is now 298. 16 may a total of 930 new cases have been registered on 16 may. total covid-19 cases raised to 20995. with 16 more death cases, the total death toll becomes 314. 17 may a total of 1273 new cases have been registered on 17 may. total covid-19 cases raised to 22268. with 14 more death cases, the total death toll becomes 328. 18 may a total of 1602 new cases have been registered on 18 may. total covid-19 cases raised to 23870. with 21 more death cases, the total death toll becomes 349. 19 may the number of total cases has jumped to 25,121 with 1251 new cases in the last 24 hours. 21 more people have died due to coronavirus, and the total death toll is 370 now.