News Desk :
Bangladesh logged four more Covid-linked deaths with 268 fresh infections in 24 hours till Sunday morning.
With the detection of the fresh cases after testing 17, 245 samples, the daily case positivity rate declined to 1.57 per cent from Saturday’s 2.01 per cent during the period, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among the deceased, three were women and one was a man. Three of the fresh deaths were reported from Dhaka division while the other was from Rajshahi division. The fresh numbers reported on Sunday took the country’s total fatalities to 28,060 while the caseload mounted to 15,83,253 , reports UNB.
Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 per cent during the period. Besides, the recovery rate remained static at 97.74 per cent with the recovery of 247 more patients during the 24-hour period.
On Sunday, Bangladesh logged one Covid-linked death with 275 fresh infections in 24 hours.
Though the deaths remained below five since December 13, the daily cases remained mostly over 250, according to data provided by the DGHS.
On December 9, Bangladesh again logged zero Covid-related death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was 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.
bdnews24.com adds: Bangladesh has registered four new deaths from Covid-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 28,060.
The Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,583,253 as 268 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Sunday, according to the latest government data.
Dhaka recorded the most cases among the eight divisions, logging 246 infections. Nationwide, another 247 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,547,427.
As many as 17,072 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.57 percent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.74 percent and the mortality rate at 1.77 percent.
Globally, over 279.53 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 5.39 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.
