Wasim Bin Habib and Mohammad Al-Masum Molla

While health officials still do not know when the coronavirus outbreak will peak and then plateau, confirmed coronavirus cases crossed the 10,000 mark with the announcement of a record 688 new cases yesterday.

Fifty-six days after the first cases were reported, detected cases now stand at 10,143 and the number of people testing positive is still rising almost every day.

After March 7, when the first cases were disclosed, the number grew slowly for a period. But now the country is experiencing an explosion of cases and a fluctuating number of deaths on a daily basis.