bdnews24.com :
Bangladesh has registered 24 new fatalities from COVID-19 in a daily count, taking the death toll to 27,555.
The caseload surged to 1,557,347 after 589 people, the lowest daily count since May 16, tested positive for the disease on Saturday, according to the latest government data.
Dhaka registered the most daily deaths and new cases among the eight divisions, logging 14 fatalities and 380 infections.
Nationwide, another 741 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,517,642.
As many as 17,283 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 3.41 percent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.45 percent and the mortality rate at 1.77 percent.
Globally, over 234.35 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 4.79 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.
UNB adds: Twenty-four people died of Covid infections in Bangladesh and 589 more infected in 24 hours till Saturday morning.The number of cases is the lowest since May 16, when the country saw 363 cases. On Friday, the country logged 21 Covid deaths and 847 cases.
The new cases till Saturday morning were detected after testing 17, 283 samples.
With this, the daily case positivity rate declined slightly to 3.41 percent from Friday’s 3.43 per cent, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case positivity rate in the country remained below 5 per cent for the 10th consecutive day.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), if the daily-case positivity rate remains at 5 per cent or below for 14 days it is considered to be safe for mass unlocking.
The daily case positivity rate in Bangladesh reached its peak 32.55 percent on July 24 this year.
The fresh numbers took the total fatalities to 27,555 while the caseload mounted to 15,57,347, said the DGHS.
However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 per cent.
The recovery rate slightly increased to 97.45 per cent with the recovery of 741 more patients during the 24-hour period.
So far, 15,17,642 people have recovered from the deadly virus infections, the DGHS added.
