Bangladesh logged 33 more Covid-linked deaths with 8,016 fresh cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning.
The daily positivity rate slightly declined to 18.83% from Tuesday’s 20.03% after testing 42,564 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The recovery count rose to 16,33,582 after another 10,725 patients were discharged from the hospitals in the last 24 hours.
Among the new deceased, 24 were men and nine women.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 86.56% Covid-19 patients recovered among the infected people while 1.52% died, the DGHS statistics showed.
On Tuesday, Bangladesh reported 43 more Covid-linked deaths with 8,354 fresh cases.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its earlier highest daily positivity rate at 33.37% 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 this year’s 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.
