bdnews24.com :
Bangladesh has registered three new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,873.
The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,569,982 as 229 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Tuesday, according to the latest government data.
The Dhaka Division logged two fatalities, while Chattogram recorded one. Dhaka also counted 156 infections.
Nationwide, another 211 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,533,836.
As many as 20,031 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.14 percent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.7 percent and the mortality rate at 1.78 percent.
Globally, over 247.12 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 5.00 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
UNB adds: Bangladesh logged three more Covid-linked deaths and another 229 cases of infections in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
The country reported two deaths caused by the deadly virus, the lowest this year, and another 214 cases on Monday. The daily-case positivity rate increased to 1.14 per cent from Monday’s 1.08 per cent. However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.78 per cent. The fresh cases were detected after testing 20,048 samples, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Besides, today’s all three deceased were women.
With the fresh numbers, the Covid-19 fatalities reached 27,873 while the caseload climbed to 1,569,982, according to the DGHS.
Also, the recovery rate increased to 97.70 per cent with the recovery of 211 more patients during the period.
On the 43th epidemiological week of pandemic from October 25 to 31, 45 covid-related deaths were reported in the country.
Thirty-nine of them did not receive any Covid vaccine while six were vaccinated.
Of them, 23 had comorbidities which have declined to 12.5% from the last epidemiological week. Comorbidity means the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient.
On March 18, 2020, Bangladesh logged its first Covid-19 related death.
So far, 2,95,64,961 people have been fully vaccinated in the country while 4,24,63,259 received the first dose as of Monday, according to the DGHS.
Meanwhile, the campaign to vaccinate the school students of the 12-17 age group against Covid-19 began in Dhaka on Monday.
The vaccination campaign will be conducted at eight centres in the capital although it was scheduled to begin at 12 centres in the city. Other centres did not get approval due to lack of adequate facilities.
