FDhaka Division has been the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, reporting the highest number of deaths and cases since it was identified first in Bangladesh in March last year.
In the 24 hours to Thursday morning, as much as 60% of the cases were identified in Dhaka and 30 out of 88 deaths were from this division as well.
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Bangladesh has seen a drop in caseload for the last four weeks and fatalities have remained below 100 for six consecutive days.
A Covid-19 patient is taken out of an ambulance and into Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka on Thursday, July 8, 2021 | Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneAccording to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), there are currently 1,507,115 cases in Bangladesh out of which 60% have been identified in Dhaka division.
Moreover, out of the 26,362 deaths, 44% were logged in Dhaka.
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The second wave of the deadly virus started in Bangladesh in the beginning of this year with a massive number of caseloads overwhelming hospitals.
File photo of the entrance of the wing dedicated to Covid-19 patients at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in Dhaka | Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneThings took a turn for the worse when the Delta variant was identified in June and spiked cases and deaths in both Rajshahi and Khulna division.
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However, even though both cases and fatalities have dropped in other divisions, the majority of the deaths are being reported in Dhaka.
In the last 24 hours, 25,000 samples were tested among which 3,437 tested positive. The infection rate has dropped to 10.40% and so far, 14,37,885 people have recovered from the virus.
