News Desk :
Bangladesh has reported 108 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours to Friday morning, the second highest daily figure since the pandemic began, taking the toll to 13,976.
Of the deceased, 75 men and 33 women. The country recorded 112 virus deaths in a day on April 19.
In the last 24 hours to Friday, 5,869 more people tested positive for coronavirus, taking the daily infection rate to 21.22 per cent and total Covid-19 caseload to 878,804, according to the latest data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) yesterday.
Khulna, a recent virus hotspot, saw 27 deaths, the most among the eight divisions, in the 24 hours to 8 am Friday. Dhaka counted 25 deaths, Chittagong 23, Rajshahi 16, Rangpur 10, Mymensingh four, and Sylhet three in the same period.
Of them, 83 patients died in government hospitals, 14 in private hospitals, and 11 at home.
Fifty-eight of the deceased patients were aged above 60, 25 aged between 51 and 60, 15 aged between 41 and 50, seven aged between 31 and 40, two belonged to 21-30 age group, and one in 11-20 age group.
A division-wide breakdown found Dhaka record the highest daily COVID tally of 2,196 cases, followed by Khulna with 1,322 and Rajshahi with 871.
Nationwide, another 2,776 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 797,559.
As many as 27,653 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 21.22 percent.
The latest figures put the recovery rate at 90.76 percent and the mortality rate at 1.59 percent.
Globally, over 180 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 3.90 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.
