The percentage of people who tested positive with coronavirus in Bangladesh appears to have dropped sharply in the past week, data shows.
Between April 1 and May 3, the country tested 79,556 samples. 9,407, or 11.82%, came back positive.
However, the single-day percentage was on the decline for the last one week before it spiked up again on Sunday.
On April 1, the percentage of positive tests was only 1.9% when merely 157 samples were tested in six dedicated labs: five in Dhaka, and one outside.
However, this shot up to a double-digit figure seven days later to 12.4%, when over 900 samples were tested on April 9 at 16 labs across the country.
On April 16, the percentage of positive tests spiked to 16.9% when the authorities for the first time tested over 2,000 samples in 17 labs.
By April 20, the highest ever percentage to date of positive tests stood at 17.7%, with 2,779 people tested at 19 labs.
Just a week ago, on April 26, suspects found positive against samples tested was 12.03%, which came down to 9.47% on Saturday.
However, on Sunday, it edged up to 12.38% when authorities tested 5,368 samples to detect 665 infections, one of the highest single-day spikes in cases.
Authorities expect the percentage of positive tests may drop further as measures are underway to boost testing capacity by installing more labs.
Since May 1, Bangladesh has been testing more than 5,000 samples every day with a daily tally of infections remaining at over 500.
Currently, 31 labs across Bangladesh are testing suspected Covid-19 patients.
There are 31 labs as of May 4 in Bangladesh, which can carry out coronavirus tests.
With a population of over 160 million, the country has one of the lowest number of tests in Asia with just 532 per one million people, according to data compiled by Worldometer.