UNB :
Amid the growing concern over the spread of Delta variant, 38 more people died of Covid-19 in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours until Sunday morning, putting the death toll at 12,839.
Besides, 1,676 more people found positive for the virus after testing 15,613 samples during the period, according to a handoutissued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The new infections pushed up the total caseload to 8,10, 990, while the positivity rate fell to 10.73% today from Saturday’s 11.03% and the mortality rate remained static at 1.58%, said the DGHS.
As of now, 7,51, 322 people have recovered from the virus putting the recovery rate at 92.64%. Of the deceased, 25 were male and 13 were female on Sinday. Bangladesh reported its first Covid cases on March 8 last year and the first death on the 18th of that month.
bdnews24.com adds: Bangladesh’s Covid-19 caseload has surged by 1,676 in a day to 810,990.
Another 38 fatalities were registered in a 24-hour count, taking the toll to 12,839, according to the latest government data released on Sunday. The recovery count rose to 751,322 after 1,897 patients overcame the illness through treatment at home and hospital care during that time. As many as 15,613 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 10.73 percent. The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 92.64 percent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.58 percent.
Globally, over 172.99 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 3.72 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.
