UNB :
Bangladesh reported two more Covid-linked deaths along with 264 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.
On Sunday, the country logged seven Covid-linked deaths with 199 cases while zero on Saturday with 178 cases. With this, the daily case positivity rate rose to 1.42 per cent today from Sunday’s 1.16 per cent, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Today’s both the deceased were women, aged between 41 and 50. They were residents of Dhaka and Chattogram divisions.
Of the 31 deaths recorded from November 15 to November, 21, 9.7 per cent received Covid vaccines while 90.3 per cent did not, the DGHS mentioned.
Comorbidities among Covid patients and deceased declined 11.14 per cent this week compared to the previous one. Comorbidity means the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient.
With the fresh numbers, the total fatalities rose to 27,955 while the caseload mounted to 1,574,352.
However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.78 per cent.
The fresh cases were detected after testing 18,614 samples, the DGHS added.
Besides, the recovery rate increased slightly to 97.73 per cent, the highest so far, with the recovery of 339 more patients during the 24-hour period.
So far, 34,863,159 people have fully been vaccinated in the country while 54,783,648 received the first dose as of Sunday, according to the DGHS.
bdnews24.com adds: Bangladesh has registered two new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,955.
The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,574,352 as 264 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Monday, according to the latest government data.
Dhaka recorded the most cases among the eight divisions, logging 223 infections.
Nationwide, another 339 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,538,537.
As many as 18,614 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.42 percent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.73 percent and the mortality rate at 1.78 percent.
Globally, over 257.22 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 5.14 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.
