Staff Reporter :
Bangladesh reported a record-breaking increase in coronavirus cases for the third-straight day on Friday, with 6,830 new infections. This is the highest number of infections recorded in a single day so far in the country.
The highest infection number in a day was 6,469 till Thursday. The daily infection number crossed 6,000-mark for the first time on the day.
With 6,830 new infections on Friday, the total number of Covid-19 infected people in the country stood at 6,24,594.
Besides, Bangladesh also logged 50 more deaths from Covid-19 in the 24 hours to Friday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among the 50 deceased, 40 were men and 10 were women while one was between 21-30 years old, two within 31-40, four between 41-50, 11 within 51-60 and 32 were above 60 years old, added the release.
With this the total number of deaths has reached 9,155 and death rate stands at 1.47 percent. The current positivity
rate is 23.28 percent while the total positivity rate stands at 13.21 percent.
A total of 29,339 samples were tested across the country in 24 hours (till 8am today).
At least 2,473 Covid-19 patients have recovered during the period, according to DGHS.
The total number of recoveries now stands at 5,47,411 and the recovery rate at 87.64 percent.
