Bangladesh has logged yet another 13 deaths from coronavirus in the past 24 hours until Saturday morning, taking the overall tally to 6,049.
The latest single-day body count is the lowest since May 12 when 11 people succumbed to Covid-19 infection and since then, the daily tally never went past 13.
The total number of coronavirus cases surged to 4,18,764 as the health authorities recorded 1,289 fresh cases in the 24-hour span—the lowest since October 24 when 1,094 patients tested positive for the virus.
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) disclosed the updated figures through a regular press release on Saturday.
Of the total samples tested, 11.29% tested positive, whereas 17.23 % cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, added the press release.
It is to be noted that the weekly cases and deaths from coronavirus in Bangladesh have been on a downward trend for the past few weeks despite the looming winter—a season which is feared to trigger the second wave of Covid-19.
Deceased
Among the total infections, 80.37% patients have recovered, while 1.44% died since Bangladesh detected its first three Covid-19 positive cases on March 8.
Of the 13 victims, 11 are male, the press release said, adding that one of the 13 deceased was in his 20s, one in his 40s, two are in their 50s while nine are above 60 years.
The division-wise data shows that seven deaths took place in Dhaka division and rests are in other divisions.
Among the total 6,049 deaths, 3,161 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 1,194 in Chittagong division, 373 in Rajshahi division, 474 in Khulna division, 201 in Barisal division, 252 in Sylhet division, 268 in Rangpur division, and 126 in Mymensingh division.
Recovery
The recovery count rose to 336,568 after another 1,541 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period.
A total of 11,419 samples were tested at 114 authorized laboratories across the country during the time.
A total of 2,429,842 samples have so far been tested since the detection of the first Covid-19 cases in the country.
The DGHS said in order to make treatment facilities easily available for the Covid-19 patients, the government has introduced telemedicine services comprising 100 physicians, for round- the-clock in the country.
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A total of 5,26,438 people have so far received healthcare services from telemedicine.
The DGHS said 22,431,423 people received healthcare services from hotline mobile numbers and health web portals as the government formed a group of medical professionals to provide emergency healthcare services.
To receive information and treatment facilities on Covid-19, the contact hotline and mobile numbers are 16263; 333; 10655 and 01944333222.
As of November 7, 2020, 09:55 GMT, 1,250,100 have died so far from the Covid-19 outbreak and there are 49,754,669 currently confirmed cases in 212 countries and territories, according to Worldometer, a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics.
China was the world’s first country which on January 11 reported the first death from the novel coronavirus in Wuhan, the capital of Central China’s Hubei province.
