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Epidemiological Information about COVID-19 Outbreak in Bangladesh: A Descriptive Study

DOI : https://doi.org/10.36349/easjpid.2020.v02i04.001
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COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2, first emerged in Wuhan, China, on December 2019. Subsequently, it has spread rapidly around the globe with severe public health burden. The authentic epidemiological information is important to guide public health decision-making. However, epidemiological and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients in Bangladesh have not well documented. In this critical situation, we aimed to accumulate the epidemiological features of COVID-19 outbreak in Bangladesh. All the information of COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh were accumulated from national and international sources as of June 24, 2020. Extracted data were categorized according to potential epidemiologic parameters. A total of 1,22,660 confirmed cases and 49,666 recoveries were recorded until 24 June 2020 in Bangladesh. Among the confirmed cases a total of 1,582 deaths have confirmed with overall case fatality rate of 1.30%. In the regional distribution of COVID-19 infection, the highest magnitude of confirmed cases (56.20%) and deaths (77.20%) was observed in Dhaka division. Among the age groups of COVID-19 patients, ≥60 years group (39%) was severely fatal than young patients, whereas young individuals of 20-39 years were highly infected (55%). Regardless of age, a total of 70% cases with 72% fatality in males and 30% cases with 28% deaths were observed in females. A significant number of cases and deaths were also reported in different professionals of COVID-19 front-liners. COVID-19 has spread countrywide rapidly among all age and sex groups. Older with high comorbidities and male COVID-19 patients are at the higher risk of fatality in Bangladesh.

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Lecturer, Dept. of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Shaheed Monsur Ali Medical College & Hospital, Uttara, Dhaka-1230, Bangladesh

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