Bangladesh logged 139 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours till Sunday morning, one day after the lowest record in about two months amid concern over the unlocking of the country from restrictions imposed to check the spread of the virus.
The country on Saturday saw 120 Coronavirus related deaths and the upward curve of the fatalities was at its peak on August 5 and 10 with 264 deaths.
Besides, 4,804 more people came out positive with the virus after testing 31,689 samples during the last 24 hours, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The fresh numbers pushed the country’s total fatalities to 25,282 while the cases reached 14,61,994.
Meanwhile the case positivity rate fell to 15.16% from Saturday’s 16.71 %, said the DGHS.
The recovery rate rose to 93.29 %, but the case fatality increased to 1.73 % compared to the same period.
Among the new deaths, 38 died in the Dhaka division, 31 in Chattogram , 17 in Khulna, 12 Sylhet, 15 in Rajshahi, 10 in Mymensingh, eight in each Rangpur and Barishal division.
Of them 72 were male and 67 female.
The country is currently seeing around 170 deaths and 6,800 cases on a seven day average.
Source: United News of Bangladesh