Covid-19: Bangladesh logs another death, 1,116 cases in a day
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Tribune Desk
Publish : 08 Jan 2022, 05:45 PMUpdate : 08 Jan 2022, 07:13 PM
Bangladesh recorded another death from Covid-19 and 1,116 fresh cases in the 24 hours till 8am Saturday.
With the number of new cases, the daily positivity rate increased to 5.79% from Friday’s 5.69%, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The latest data also took the total caseload to 1,592,209 and the total death toll to 24,099.
During the same period, some 154 people recovered from the disease as well, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,550,688. However, the overall recovery rate dropped to 97.39%.
Meanwhile, the overall mortality rate dropped to 1.76% in the same 24 hours.
Of the new 1,116 cases, Dhaka logged the highest - 943, while Chittagong recorded 123 cases, Sylhet 17, Rajshahi 10, Khulna eight, Mymensingh seven, and Barisal five cases.
According to DGHS data, Dhaka Division is also ahead in terms of divisional death toll with 12,273 out of the total 28,099 fatalities. Chittagong is in second with 5,696 deaths, Rajshahi 2,065, Khulna 3,620, Barisal 949, Sylhet 1,273, Rangpur 1,375, and Mymensingh Division with 848.
On December 9 last year, Bangladesh had logged zero Covid-19 death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was apparently showing signs of easing.
However, the country is currently seeing a surge of cases as health authorities logged 6,670 infections in the last eight days since January 1.
The country’s total tally of cases of new Covid-19 variant Omicron also reached 21 with the detection of 11 cases on Friday, according to GISAID, a global initiative.
Bangladesh logged the highest number of daily fatalities - 264 - on August 10 last year and the highest daily caseload - 16,230 - was recorded on July 28 last year.
In March 2020, when the first cases were detected, the monthly test positivity rate in the country was 3.18% with 51 cases recorded. It had jumped to 21.49% with 98,330 cases detected only three months later in June.
After the first peak in June, the test positivity rate dropped to 12.70% with 50,483 cases detected in September, and it remained around the 10% mark until June 2021.
June last year marked the second peak in the pandemic, with a test positivity rate of 17.04% and 112,718 cases detected in the month. Subsequently, the monthly test positivity rate dropped to 6.88% with 55,293 cases detected in September, and then to 1.53% with just 9,255 cases in December 2021.
In terms of deaths, Bangladesh had started with a monthly rate of 9.80% with five deaths in March 2020. But the rate dropped to 1.21% with 1,197 deaths in June, and it was 1.92% with 970 deaths in September, and 1.88% with 91 deaths in December.
In 2021, the death rate was 0.98% with 638 deaths in March, 1.67% with 1884 deaths in June, 2.37% with 1315 deaths in September, and 0.98% with 91 deaths in December.
Covid-19: Bangladesh logs another death, 1,116 cases in a day
Bangladesh recorded another death from Covid-19 and 1,116 fresh cases in the 24 hours till 8am Saturday.
With the number of new cases, the daily positivity rate increased to 5.79% from Friday’s 5.69%, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The latest data also took the total caseload to 1,592,209 and the total death toll to 24,099.
During the same period, some 154 people recovered from the disease as well, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,550,688. However, the overall recovery rate dropped to 97.39%.
Meanwhile, the overall mortality rate dropped to 1.76% in the same 24 hours.
Of the new 1,116 cases, Dhaka logged the highest - 943, while Chittagong recorded 123 cases, Sylhet 17, Rajshahi 10, Khulna eight, Mymensingh seven, and Barisal five cases.
According to DGHS data, Dhaka Division is also ahead in terms of divisional death toll with 12,273 out of the total 28,099 fatalities. Chittagong is in second with 5,696 deaths, Rajshahi 2,065, Khulna 3,620, Barisal 949, Sylhet 1,273, Rangpur 1,375, and Mymensingh Division with 848.
On December 9 last year, Bangladesh had logged zero Covid-19 death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was apparently showing signs of easing.
However, the country is currently seeing a surge of cases as health authorities logged 6,670 infections in the last eight days since January 1.
The country’s total tally of cases of new Covid-19 variant Omicron also reached 21 with the detection of 11 cases on Friday, according to GISAID, a global initiative.
Bangladesh logged the highest number of daily fatalities - 264 - on August 10 last year and the highest daily caseload - 16,230 - was recorded on July 28 last year.
In March 2020, when the first cases were detected, the monthly test positivity rate in the country was 3.18% with 51 cases recorded. It had jumped to 21.49% with 98,330 cases detected only three months later in June.
After the first peak in June, the test positivity rate dropped to 12.70% with 50,483 cases detected in September, and it remained around the 10% mark until June 2021.
June last year marked the second peak in the pandemic, with a test positivity rate of 17.04% and 112,718 cases detected in the month. Subsequently, the monthly test positivity rate dropped to 6.88% with 55,293 cases detected in September, and then to 1.53% with just 9,255 cases in December 2021.
In terms of deaths, Bangladesh had started with a monthly rate of 9.80% with five deaths in March 2020. But the rate dropped to 1.21% with 1,197 deaths in June, and it was 1.92% with 970 deaths in September, and 1.88% with 91 deaths in December.
In 2021, the death rate was 0.98% with 638 deaths in March, 1.67% with 1884 deaths in June, 2.37% with 1315 deaths in September, and 0.98% with 91 deaths in December.
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