Staff Reporter :
Bangladesh witnessed lowest daily deaths from covid in last three months and said that 52 more fatalities were recorded on Wednesday.
As per the Directorate General of Health Services report, it was the lowest single-day deaths from the fatal disease in the last 85 days.
As the earlier lowest tally, the country recorded 50 fatalities on June 15.
The latest data showed that another 2,497 cases of Covid-19 had been reported in the last 24 hours.
A total of 27,528 samples were tested in the dedicated laboratories across the country in the period and found 9.07 pc infection rate.
Infection rate remained below 10pc for the fifth consecutive day till Wednesday.
About 3,840 more patients recovered from the disease in the period, the DGHS said.
With the latest figures, the country’s death toll reached 26,736, the total infections to 1,522,302 and the total number of recoveries reached 1,464,594.
Forty-nine of the deceased died in different hospitals across the country, while three died at home.
In account of divisional fatalities, Dhaka recorded 20 deaths, the highest among the eight divisions, followed by Chattogram with 15 fatalities.
Meanwhile, nine deaths were reported in Khulna, three in Sylhet, two each in Barishal
and Rangpur, and one in Rajshahi. Of the new cases, Dhaka recorded the highest among the divisions, of 1,534 cases, followed by Chattogram with 390.
Besides, the data showed the recovery rate as 96.21pc and the mortality rate as 1.76pc.
Meanwhile, the data showed that about 19.84 million people in the country have received first dose of Covid-19 vaccine; and around 11.75 million have taken both doses.
Public health experts fear the recent downward trend in Covid-19 infections and deaths is temporary and another surge of the pandemic may be seen soon.
They warned that while the infection rate may drop to 10pc by mid-September, it will start spiking again.
The country reported the first cases of Covid-19 infection on March 8 last year. It recorded the first death from the disease on March 18 in the year.
