Covid-19: Bangladesh records single daily death again, 352 new cases
Daily test positivity rate jumps to 1.83%
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Tribune Desk
Publish : 22 Dec 2021, 05:36 PMUpdate : 02 Jan 2022, 12:11 PM
Bangladesh yet again registered one new death from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours to Wednesday morning.
Besides, in the 24-hour period, the country also recorded 352 new cases while seeing 281 patients recover, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The latest additions took the country’s death toll to 28,052, the total caseload to 1,581,986 and the total number of recoveries to 1,546,352.
A total 18,779 samples were tested at 849 labs across the country during the 24-hour period, yielding a positivity rate of 1.83%.
According to the data, the country’s overall Covid-19 mortality rate until Wednesday morning stood at 1.77%, overall recovery rate at 97.75%, and the overall positivity lowered to 13.97%.
The seven-day moving average of single-day deaths in Bangladesh was two on Wednesday.
The only single death in the country was recorded in Dhaka division.
Of the new patients, Dhaka logged 300 cases, the highest among the divisions. No new cases were reported in 32 districts of the country.
On December 1, Bangladesh crossed a landmark of administering 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, nearly in 10 months after kicking off a nationwide campaign.
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%.
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.
However, experts have warned against complacency as many countries are seeing a surge in infections yet again.
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).
The fast-spreading coronavirus has so far claimed over 5.3 million lives and infected over 276 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.
Covid-19: Bangladesh records single daily death again, 352 new cases
Bangladesh yet again registered one new death from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours to Wednesday morning.
Besides, in the 24-hour period, the country also recorded 352 new cases while seeing 281 patients recover, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The latest additions took the country’s death toll to 28,052, the total caseload to 1,581,986 and the total number of recoveries to 1,546,352.
A total 18,779 samples were tested at 849 labs across the country during the 24-hour period, yielding a positivity rate of 1.83%.
According to the data, the country’s overall Covid-19 mortality rate until Wednesday morning stood at 1.77%, overall recovery rate at 97.75%, and the overall positivity lowered to 13.97%.
The seven-day moving average of single-day deaths in Bangladesh was two on Wednesday.
The only single death in the country was recorded in Dhaka division.
Of the new patients, Dhaka logged 300 cases, the highest among the divisions. No new cases were reported in 32 districts of the country.
On December 1, Bangladesh crossed a landmark of administering 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, nearly in 10 months after kicking off a nationwide campaign.
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%.
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.
However, experts have warned against complacency as many countries are seeing a surge in infections yet again.
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).
The fast-spreading coronavirus has so far claimed over 5.3 million lives and infected over 276 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.
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