Bangladesh logged 16 more Covid-linked deaths with 1,595 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning as the positivity rate and number of cases continue to decline.
The daily positivity rate further declined to 6.77 per cent from Monday’s 6.94 per cent after testing 23,422 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
On Monday, Bangladesh reported nine more Covid-linked deaths with 1,951 fresh cases.
The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 28,990 while the caseload to 19,36,837.
Among the new deceased, seven were men and nine women.
Eight of the deaths were reported in Dhaka division while three in Chattogram, two in Rajshahi and one each in Khulna, Sylhet and Rangpur divisions.
Covid in Bangladesh: 1595 cases reported with 16 deaths in 24hrs
Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.50 per cent.
However, the recovery rate slightly rose to 91.47 per cent with the recovery of 8,357 more patients during the 24-hour period.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its earlier highest daily positivity rate at 33.37 per cent reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.
On December 9 last year, Bangladesh again logged zero Covid-related death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was apparently showing signs of easing.
The country reported first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 last year along with 178 infections since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on August 10 last year.
Source: United News of Bangladesh