News Desk :
Bangladesh’s COVID-19 caseload has risen to 1,580,005 as 295 people tested positive for the disease in a daily count, reports bdnews24.com
Another three deaths from the disease have been registered in the 24 hours to 8 am on Tuesday, taking the total toll to 28,034, according to the latest government data. Dhaka recorded the most cases among the eight divisions, logging 238 infections.
Nationwide, another 247 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,544,664.
As many as 22,870 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.29 percent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.76 percent and the mortality rate at 1.77 percent.
Globally, over 270.86 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 5.31 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 reported three more Covid-related deaths with 295 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.
With the latest cases, the daily-case positivity rate declined to 1.29 per cent from Monday’s 1.72 per cent, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The total fatalities mounted to 28,034 while the caseload mounted to 15,80,005 with the fresh cases.
Two of the latest deceased were men and one was a woman. Each fatality was reported from Dhaka, Chattogram and Rajshahi divisions.
Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 per cent during the period.
The fresh cases were detected after testing 22,773 samples, said the DGHS.
Besides, the recovery rate slightly declined to 97.76 per cent with the recovery of 247 more patients during the 24-hour period.
On Saturday, Bangladesh reported the first two cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus.
On December 9, Bangladesh again logged zero Covid-related death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic is apparently showing signs of easing.
The country reported this year’s first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 along with 178 infections since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
Bangladesh reported the highest number of daily fatalities of 264 on August 5 this year, while the highest daily caseload was 16,230 on July 28 this year.
So far, 4,35,95,449 people have fully been vaccinated in the country while 6,71,31,490 received the first dose as of Monday, according to the DGHS.
Among them, 2,61,384 students, aged from 12-17, have fully been vaccinated while 14,66,745 students received the first dose so far.
