Covid-19: Bangladesh logs one death, 239 infections in a day

Bangladesh recorded one death and 239 coronavirus infections in the 24 hours till 8am on Monday.

The positivity rate slightly receded to 1.75% during the same period as 13,635 samples were tested across the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

On Sunday, the country logged three deaths and 233 Covid-19 cases.

The latest additions took the country's death toll to 29,112 and the total caseload to 19,49,725.

A total of 1,922 people recovered from Covid-19 in the meantime taking the total recovery to 18,62,808.

The single death of a male was recorded in Chittagong. 

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 the first zero death from the coronavirus 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.