A press release signed by Additional Director General (Administration) of the Department of Health Prof Dr Nasima Sultana on Monday (May 17) afternoon said 1,058 people, including asymptomatic patients, have recovered in the last 24 hours at various hospitals and homes across the country, including Dhaka City. So far, a total of 7,23,094 people have recovered.

Samples have been collected and tested in 466 labs under public and private management across the country. Of these, 128 are RT-PCR labs, 37 are Gene Expert and 301 are Rapid Antigen.

In these labs 10,509 samples were collected in 24 hours. A total of 10,347 samples were tested. So far 57,18,063 samples have been tested.

It was further informed that in the last 24 hours, the detection rate in the sample test was 6.75 percent. So far, the detection rate is 13.66 percent considering the sample test, the recovery rate is 92.66 percent and the mortality rate is 1.56 percent.

Of the 32 people who died in 24 hours, 21 were in Dhaka division, three in Sylhet division, two each in Chittagong, Rajshahi and Khulna divisions and one each in Barisal and Mymensingh divisions. Of these, 19 died in government hospitals and 11 in private hospitals. Two people died at home.