FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares a syringe with Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre for Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
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Publish : 23 Dec 2021, 06:14 PMUpdate : 23 Dec 2021, 06:14 PM
Bangladesh has been witnessing an increase in daily new cases and infection rate for the last few days as the health authorities prepares to tackle the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron.
In the 24 hours to Thursday morning, the country recorded 382 new cases, a rise from Wednesday’s count.
The test positivity rate climbed to 1.95% from the 19,624 samples tested across the country.
The health authorities also registered two new deaths from Covid-19 in the 24-hour period.
The latest additions took the country’s death toll to 28,054, the total caseload to 1,582,368 and the total number of recoveries to 1,546,664.
According to the data, the country’s overall Covid-19 mortality rate until Thursday morning stood at 1.77%, overall recovery rate at 97.74%, and the overall positivity lowered to 13.94%.
The seven-day moving average of single-day deaths in Bangladesh was 1.85 on Thursday.
In terms of deaths per division, Chittagong and Khulna logged one fatality each.
Of the new patients, Dhaka logged 335 cases, the highest among the divisions. No new cases were reported in 32 districts of the country.
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%.
Bangladesh lifted nationwide lockdown on August 11. However, experts have warned against complacency as many countries are seeing a surge in infections yet again.
A large number of the population has also been vaccinated with the country crossing the landmark of administering 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines on December 1, nearly in 10 months after kicking off a nationwide campaign.
Meanwhile, the discovery of a new variant, Omicron, has triggered a global alarm.
Called B.1.1.529, Omicron is the fifth variant of concern designated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Bangladesh reported Omicron cases in two Bangladeshi women cricketers who returned from Zimbabwe earlier in the month.
The fast-spreading coronavirus has so far claimed over 5.3 million lives and infected over 277 million people throughout the world, according to Worldometer.
More than 248 million people have recovered from the disease, which has affected 223 countries and territories across the planet.
Daily Covid cases, infection rate on the rise
Bangladesh has been witnessing an increase in daily new cases and infection rate for the last few days as the health authorities prepares to tackle the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron.
In the 24 hours to Thursday morning, the country recorded 382 new cases, a rise from Wednesday’s count.
The test positivity rate climbed to 1.95% from the 19,624 samples tested across the country.
The health authorities also registered two new deaths from Covid-19 in the 24-hour period.
The latest additions took the country’s death toll to 28,054, the total caseload to 1,582,368 and the total number of recoveries to 1,546,664.
According to the data, the country’s overall Covid-19 mortality rate until Thursday morning stood at 1.77%, overall recovery rate at 97.74%, and the overall positivity lowered to 13.94%.
The seven-day moving average of single-day deaths in Bangladesh was 1.85 on Thursday.
In terms of deaths per division, Chittagong and Khulna logged one fatality each.
Of the new patients, Dhaka logged 335 cases, the highest among the divisions. No new cases were reported in 32 districts of the country.
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%.
Bangladesh lifted nationwide lockdown on August 11. However, experts have warned against complacency as many countries are seeing a surge in infections yet again.
A large number of the population has also been vaccinated with the country crossing the landmark of administering 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines on December 1, nearly in 10 months after kicking off a nationwide campaign.
Meanwhile, the discovery of a new variant, Omicron, has triggered a global alarm.
Called B.1.1.529, Omicron is the fifth variant of concern designated by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Bangladesh reported Omicron cases in two Bangladeshi women cricketers who returned from Zimbabwe earlier in the month.
The fast-spreading coronavirus has so far claimed over 5.3 million lives and infected over 277 million people throughout the world, according to Worldometer.
More than 248 million people have recovered from the disease, which has affected 223 countries and territories across the planet.