Online Desk :
The rapid rise in cases and fatalities, driven by the Delta variant, shows the worst days of the pandemic are far from over in Bangladesh as the country added 246 fatalities to its national tally Monday.
The country has been shattering the records of daily cases and deaths almost every other day, reporting over 200 single-day fatalities for the last nine days.
The Covid-19 infections are at their peak now, with 14,241 new cases reported on average each day, plunging the country into uncertainty.
Bangladesh recorded 15,989 new cases Monday after testing 53,462 samples, up from 13,862 logged on July 30.
The country reported the highest daily Covid-19 fatality number – 258 – on July 27 and 16,230 infections the next day.
There have been 1,280,317 infections and 21,262 coronavirus-related deaths here since the pandemic began, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
Meanwhile, the daily test positivity rate fell to 29.91% from yesterday’s 29.97%, while the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 5% or below rate.
However, the recovery rate rose to 86.60% and the case fatality remained unchanged at 1.65% compared to the same period.
