A total of 37 judges and 101 staff of subordinate courts and 38 employees of the Supreme Court were infected with Covid-19 until Monday (June 29).
They were infected with the coronavirus pandemic while working for the virtual court as of Monday, said Md Saifur Rahman, special officer of Bangladesh Supreme Court (SC).
Of the judges, 10 from the lower courts have already recovered, the SC spokesman said.
During the pandemic on June 24, Judge of the Lalmonirhat Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, Ferdous Ahmed died from Covid-19 virus infection.
Ferdous Ahmed, who held district judge status, was the first judge in Bangladesh to have died of the disease.
Different lower courts in virtual hearings across the country granted bail to 44,802 people in 30 working days from May 11 to June 25.
The courts also settled 84,657 bail petitions during the period of time under review.
Apart from this, 571 children secured bail through different virtual courts across the country in the last 30 working days.
The Supreme Court suspended the operation of all courts as part of the government efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus since March 26.
However, the court proceedings began through videoconference on May 11 after President Abdul Hamid promulgated an ordinance on May 10 that allows all courts to conduct trial proceedings through videoconference and other digital means.
