News Desk :
Bangladesh has registered 41 new deaths from Covid-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 26,972.
The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,532,366 as 1,953 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8:00 am on Monday, according to the latest government data, reports bdnews24.com.
The Dhaka and Chattogram divisions registered 14 deaths each. They also registered 1,316 and 197 new cases from the disease, respectively.
Nationwide, another 4,112 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,482,933.
As many as 25,388 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 9.69 per cent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 96.77 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.76 per cent.
Globally, over 224.70 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 4.63 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: With Bangladesh trying to get back to the normal life reopening of educational institutions, Covid claimed 41 more lives and infected 1,953 more in 24 hours till Monday morning.
The new cases were detected after testing 25,3888 samples, slightly pushing up the daily case positivity rate to 7.69% from Sunday’s 7.46%, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 26,972 while the cases reached 15,32,366, the DGHS said.
Besides, the recovery rate rose to 96.77% with the recovery of 4,112 more people.
Meanwhile, the case fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.76 per cent compared to the corresponding period.
The country has been seeing 53 deaths and 2,279 cases on average for the last seven days.
This indicates that the pandemic in Bangladesh is easing after the highest-ever 264 coronavirus-related deaths in August and 16,230 single-day cases in July this year.
