Bangladesh logged 20 more deaths from Covid-19 with 5,023 fresh cases in the 24 hours till 8am yesterday.
The daily positivity rate slightly increased to 16.50% from Friday’s 15.46% after testing of 29,904 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 28,791 while the caseload mounted to 1,904,826.
On Friday, Bangladesh had reported 27 deaths with 5,268 fresh cases.
Among the 20 new deceased, 12 were men and eight women.
Thirteen of the deaths were reported in Dhaka Division while two each in Rajshahi and Khulna, and one each in Sylhet, Barisal and Rangpur divisions.
Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained static at 1.51%.
However, the recovery rate slightly rose to 87.40% with the recovery of 8,821 more patients during the 24-hour period.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its earlier highest daily positivity rate at 33.37% reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.
On December 9 last year, Bangladesh again logged zero Covid-related death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was apparently showing signs of easing.
On November 20 last year, the country reported first day without any Covid death since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on August 10 last year.
