Covid-19: Bangladesh records 7 more deaths, 256 fresh cases in 24 hours
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Tribune Desk
Publish : 03 Nov 2021, 06:13 PMUpdate : 03 Nov 2021, 06:13 PM
Bangladesh recorded seven more deaths from Covid-19 and 256 new cases in the 24 hours between 8am Tuesday and 8am Wednesday
At the same time, 237 patients also recovered across the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Some 19,523 samples were tested at 833 labs around the country, yielding a positivity rate of 1.31%.
The latest data released on Wednesday evening took the nation’s Covid-19 death toll to 27,880, total caseload to 1,570,238, and total recoveries to 1,534,073.
According to the data, the country’s overall Covid-19 mortality rate until Wednesday morning stood at 1.78%, overall recovery rate at 97.70%, and the overall positivity rate at 15.09%.
The seven-day moving average of single-day deaths in Bangladesh was 5.57 on Wednesday.
In terms of deaths per division, Dhaka tallied the highest with three fatalities while Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, and Sylhet reported one death each.
Of the new patients, Dhaka logged 194 cases, the highest among the divisions. No new cases were reported in 31 districts of the country.
Meanwhile, the latest figures have put the recovery rate at 97.7% while the mortality rate remains static at 1.78%.
Around 42.81 million people in the country have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Of them, some 29.89 million have taken both doses, according to DGHS data on Tuesday.
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.
The fast-spreading coronavirus has so far claimed over five million lives and infected more than 248 million people throughout the world, according to Worldometer.
More than 225 million people have recovered from the disease, which has affected 223 countries and territories across the planet.
Covid-19: Bangladesh records 7 more deaths, 256 fresh cases in 24 hours
Bangladesh recorded seven more deaths from Covid-19 and 256 new cases in the 24 hours between 8am Tuesday and 8am Wednesday
At the same time, 237 patients also recovered across the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Some 19,523 samples were tested at 833 labs around the country, yielding a positivity rate of 1.31%.
The latest data released on Wednesday evening took the nation’s Covid-19 death toll to 27,880, total caseload to 1,570,238, and total recoveries to 1,534,073.
According to the data, the country’s overall Covid-19 mortality rate until Wednesday morning stood at 1.78%, overall recovery rate at 97.70%, and the overall positivity rate at 15.09%.
The seven-day moving average of single-day deaths in Bangladesh was 5.57 on Wednesday.
In terms of deaths per division, Dhaka tallied the highest with three fatalities while Chittagong, Rajshahi, Khulna, and Sylhet reported one death each.
Of the new patients, Dhaka logged 194 cases, the highest among the divisions. No new cases were reported in 31 districts of the country.
Meanwhile, the latest figures have put the recovery rate at 97.7% while the mortality rate remains static at 1.78%.
Around 42.81 million people in the country have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. Of them, some 29.89 million have taken both doses, according to DGHS data on Tuesday.
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.
The fast-spreading coronavirus has so far claimed over five million lives and infected more than 248 million people throughout the world, according to Worldometer.
More than 225 million people have recovered from the disease, which has affected 223 countries and territories across the planet.