36 people died due to corona in country

In the last 24 hours, 36 more people died due to corona in the country. Among them 27 are men and 9 are women. All of them died at the hospital. The death toll from the virus rose to 7,192.

At the same time, in the last 24 hours, 1,134 people have been newly identified as corona positive. So far, 4,96,975 people have been identified in Covid-19 as official.

The Department of Health made the announcement in a regular press release on Thursday (December 16).

In the last 24 hours, 12,776 samples were collected and 13,191 samples were tested in 140 laboratories. With this, the total number of sample tests stood at 30 lakh 35 thousand 728.

The first case of coronavirus infection (Covid-19) in the country was identified on March 8. Ten days later, on March 18, the first person died of the coronavirus.

News Room, December 17,2020