UNB :
Covid-19 in Bangladesh claimed 14 more lives and infected another 481 in 24 hours till Sunday morning.
With the fresh numbers, the Covid-19 fatalities reached 27,688 in Bangladesh while the caseload mounted to 1,562,359, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The fresh cases were detected after testing 20,355 samples. With this, the daily-case positivity rate declined slightly to 2.36 percent from Friday’s 2.45 percent, said the DGHS.
Bangladesh recorded below 3% daily-positivity rate last on February this year.
However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 percent. The recovery rate slightly rose to 97.53 percent with the recovery of 699 more patients during this time. So far, 1,523,833 people have recovered from the deadly virus infections, the DGHS added.
bdnews24.com adds: Bangladesh has registered 14 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,688.
The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,562,359 as 481 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Sunday, according to the latest government data.
Dhaka registered the most daily deaths and new cases among the eight divisions, logging 7 fatalities and 361 infections.
Nationwide, another 699 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,523,833.
As many as 20,355 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 2.36 percent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.53 percent and the mortality rate at 1.77 percent. Globally, over 237.65 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and nearly 4.85 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
