Dhaka, May 23 -- The disease has infected 1,364 people with links to the armed forces, including family members of officers, so far, ISPR said in a statement on Saturday.

Among them, 933 are receiving treatment at the Combined Military Hospital while 421 have been discharged. The infected patients are responding well to the treatment, it added.

The fatalities include eight retired officers, all in their 60s, and two active military personnel who were suffering from additional health issues, according to the ISPR.

The CMH, equipped with 13 'RT-PCR' machines in all of its branches, and the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology are testing samples of members of the armed forces and their families for COVID-19.

The PCR lab has tested 4,375 ...