Dhaka, Sept 15 (UNI) Death toll due to COVID-19 mounted to 4,802 in Bangladesh after 43 fresh fatalities were recorded in the country in the past 24 hrs. During the period, 1,724 people newly caught the deadly virus, taking the country's tally to 3,41,056, the Directorate General of Health Services said in a press release.
The press statement said 14,050 samples were tested in the past day. With this, the number of total sample tests reached 17,56,746.
However, 2,439 more COVID-19 patients made recovery, bringing the total recovery to 2,45,594.