Covid-19: Bangladesh records 3 more deaths, 229 fresh cases
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Publish : 02 Nov 2021, 07:36 PMUpdate : 02 Nov 2021, 07:37 PM
Bangladesh recorded three more deaths from Covid-19 and 229 fresh cases in the 24 hours between 8am Monday to 8am Tuesday.
The latest data have taken the death toll to 27,873 and the total caseload to 1,569,982, according to a Directorate General of Health Services statement.
As many as 20,031 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 1.14% -- a slight jump from previous day's 1.08%.
Meanwhile, 211 people recovered across the country between Monday and Tuesday mornings, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,533,836 and the total recovery rate to 97.7%.
On the other hand, the mortality rate stands at 1.78% and the overall infection rate at 15.11%.
Of the latest three deaths, Dhaka Division recorded two while Chittagong logged one.
Dhaka is still leading in terms of daily caseload with 156 cases followed by Khulna with 27 infections.
Chittagong division recorded 12 cases, Rajshahi 13, Rangpur 12, Mymensingh four, Barisal three and Sylhet two.
Bangladesh reported its first three cases of Covid-19, a severe acute respiratory illness caused by a strain of coronavirus later named Sars-CoV-2, on March 8, 2020. The first death was reported 10 days later.
The country, however, has been witnessing infection rates below or around 2% for the past few weeks. The country last recorded an infection rate of over 3% on October 4 when the figure stood at 3.19%.
On November 1, the government started administering doses of Pfizer vaccine to school students aged 12-17.
A large number of the population has also been vaccinated with the government expecting more vaccine doses by the end of this month from multiple sources.
However, experts have warned against complacency as many countries are seeing a surge in infections yet again.
A new Delta Plus or AY 4.2 variant, suspected to be behind the rise of infections in the UK and Israel, has also been identified in India, a neighbouring country to Bangladesh.
Covid-19: Bangladesh records 3 more deaths, 229 fresh cases
Bangladesh recorded three more deaths from Covid-19 and 229 fresh cases in the 24 hours between 8am Monday to 8am Tuesday.
The latest data have taken the death toll to 27,873 and the total caseload to 1,569,982, according to a Directorate General of Health Services statement.
As many as 20,031 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 1.14% -- a slight jump from previous day's 1.08%.
Meanwhile, 211 people recovered across the country between Monday and Tuesday mornings, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,533,836 and the total recovery rate to 97.7%.
On the other hand, the mortality rate stands at 1.78% and the overall infection rate at 15.11%.
Of the latest three deaths, Dhaka Division recorded two while Chittagong logged one.
Dhaka is still leading in terms of daily caseload with 156 cases followed by Khulna with 27 infections.
Chittagong division recorded 12 cases, Rajshahi 13, Rangpur 12, Mymensingh four, Barisal three and Sylhet two.
Bangladesh reported its first three cases of Covid-19, a severe acute respiratory illness caused by a strain of coronavirus later named Sars-CoV-2, on March 8, 2020. The first death was reported 10 days later.
The country, however, has been witnessing infection rates below or around 2% for the past few weeks. The country last recorded an infection rate of over 3% on October 4 when the figure stood at 3.19%.
On November 1, the government started administering doses of Pfizer vaccine to school students aged 12-17.
A large number of the population has also been vaccinated with the government expecting more vaccine doses by the end of this month from multiple sources.
However, experts have warned against complacency as many countries are seeing a surge in infections yet again.
A new Delta Plus or AY 4.2 variant, suspected to be behind the rise of infections in the UK and Israel, has also been identified in India, a neighbouring country to Bangladesh.