UNB :
Bangladesh recorded 60 Covid-related deaths and 3,956 in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, showing an alarming sign of deterioration in the pandemic situation.
With the new figures, the death toll jumped to 13,282 while the death rate stood at 1.59 percent, said a handout of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Bangladesh’s fight to tackle the second wave of coronavirus has become tougher after the detection of the Delta variant of the virus in different parts of the country.
The higher infection rate in frontier districts and limited capacities in district hospitals have become a challenge amid the worsening situation.
The total caseload reached 8,37,247 with the new cases while the daily infection rate climbed to 16.62% in the 24-hour period. However, the overall positivity rate stood at 13.41%.
The positivity rate on Tuesday fell slightly to 14.27% from Monday’s 14.80%.
Bangladesh has registered 60 new fatalities from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the highest daily count since May 4.
This brings the death toll has 13,282, according to the latest data released by the government on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com.
The tally of infections surged to 837,247 on the back of 3,956 new COVID-19 cases, the biggest single-day jump since Apr 22.
Another 2,679 people recovered from the illness through treatment at home and hospital care during that time, bringing the total to 773,752.
Dhaka reported 1,579 new cases during that time, the most among the eight divisions in the tally, followed by Khulna with 818 and Rajshahi with 813.
As many as 23,807 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 16.62 percent.
The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 92.42 percent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.59 percent.
Globally, over 176.64 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 3.82 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.
