UNB :
Covid-19 in Bangladesh claimed six more lives and infected another 293 people in 24 hours till Saturday morning.
The daily-case positivity rate dropped to 1.88 per cent today declining slightly from Friday’s 2.09 per cent.
It is the lowest daily cases logged in the country since May 15 when 261 people contracted the virus in a single day. On October 14, Bangladesh logged seven Covid-related deaths.
With the fresh numbers, the Covid fatalities reached 27,752 today while the caseload climbed to 1,565,174, according to the Directorate General of the Health services (DGHS). Of the latest deceased, four were men and two were women. However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 per cent.
Besides, the recovery rate increased slightly to 97.58 per cent, with 442 more patients getting cured during the period.
So far, 1,527,333people have recovered from the deadly virus infections, the DGHS added.
bdnews24.com adds: Country has registered six new deaths from Covid-19 in a day, the lowest since Mar 11, taking the total toll to 27,752.
The Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,565,174 as 293 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am Saturday, the lowest in a day since May 15, according to the latest government data.
Dhaka registered the most daily deaths and new cases among the eight divisions, logging 3 fatalities and 202 infections.
Nationwide, another 442 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,527,333.
As many as 15,580 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.88 percent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.58 percent and the mortality rate at 1.77 percent.
Globally, over 240.11 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 4.89 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.
