Over 87 percent of the total confirmed Covid-19 patients have recovered in Bangladesh, according to the latest figure of the health department.

The Directorate General for Health Services on Saturday recorded 25 deaths from Covid-19 and 1,267 fresh cases and 1,987 recoveries overnight.

With that, the tally of infections has surged to 499,560 and the recovery count to 435,601. So far, 7,242 patients died of Covid-19.

The recovery rate is 87.20 percent while the death rate is 1.45 percent.

The first COVID-19 positive cases were reported in Bangladesh on March 8. The first death was recorded on March 18.

Health authorities have asked people to wear masks and maintain social distancing to prevent the infection.

The government has introduced telemedicine services comprising 100 physicians for round the clock in the country in order to make treatment facilities easily available for the COVID-19 patients.

As of December 18, a total of 6,32,823 people have received healthcare services from telemedicine.

The DGHS said 2,31,96,178 people received healthcare services from hotline mobile numbers and health web portals as the government formed a group of medical professionals to provide emergency healthcare services.

To receive information and treatment facilities on COVID-19, the contact hotline and mobile numbers are 16263; 333; 10655 and 01944333222.