News Desk :
Bangladesh has registered two new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,906.
The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,571,669 as 235 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Wednesday, according to the latest government data, reports bdnews24.com.
Dhaka recorded the most cases among the eight divisions, logging 181 infections.
Nationwide, another 271 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,535,661.
As many as 17,987 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.31 per cent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.71 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.78 per cent.
Globally, over 251.00 million people have been infected by the novel
coronavirus and 5.06 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 two more Covid-linked deaths and reported 235 fresh infections in 24 hours till Wednesday morning.
The daily-case positivity rate slightly increased to 1.31 per cent from Tuesday’s 1.28 per cent.
The fresh numbers took the total fatalities to 27,906 while the country’s caseload mounted to 1,571,669, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among the deceased, one was a man and another was a woman. However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.78 per cent.
The fresh cases were detected after testing 18,023 samples, said the DGHS.
Besides, the recovery rate remained unchanged at 97.71 per cent with the recovery of 271 more patients during the period.
On Saturday, the country saw just a single death from Covid-19 which was the lowest in nearly 18 months along with 154 cases.
So far, 3,19,63,515 people have fully been vaccinated in the country while 4,91,14,462 received the first dose as of Tuesday, according to the DGHS.
