Online Desk :
Bangladesh logged eight more Covid-linked deaths with 799 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning as the positivity rate kept declining.
The daily positivity rate slightly declined to 3.35 per cent from Monday’s 3.65 per cent after testing 23,883 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
On Monday, Bangladesh reported four more Covid-linked deaths with 897 fresh cases.
The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 29,045 while the caseload to 19,44,376.
Among the new deceased, five were men and three women.
Three deaths were reported from Chattogram division while two from Rajshahi and one each from Dhaka, Mymensingh and Khulna divisions.
Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent.
However, the recovery rate increased to 93.71 per cent with the recovery of 7,460 more patients during the 24-hour period.
