Bangladesh’s Covid infection rate jumps to 2.91%, highest in nearly 3 months
557 new cases, one death reported in a day
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Tribune Desk
Publish : 02 Jan 2022, 05:20 PMUpdate : 02 Jan 2022, 05:37 PM
Bangladesh’s daily coronavirus infection rate jumped to 2.91%, hitting a nearly three-month high as countries across the world grapple with the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the virus.
The daily test positivity rate stood at 2.97% on October 7 this year.
According to the latest data by the health authorities, 557 new infections were reported in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, taking the total caseload to 1,586,466.
The total fatality rose to 28,077 with a single death report during the same time.
Dhaka recorded the most cases among the eight divisions, logging 485 infections.
Another 253 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,549,557.
As many as 19,130 samples were tested across the country. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.69% and the mortality rate at 1.77 %.
The seven-day moving average of single-day deaths in Bangladesh was 2.42 on Sunday.
The country reported the highest number of daily fatalities of 264 on August 5 this year, while the highest daily caseload was 16,230 on July 28 this year.
Bangladesh officially began the dispensation of booster doses of a Covid-19 vaccine on a limited scale from Tuesday morning.
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%.
Bangladesh lifted nationwide lockdown on August 11. However, experts have warned against complacency as many countries are seeing a surge in infections yet again.
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.
Meanwhile, the discovery of a new variant, Omicron, has triggered a global alarm. Bangladesh reported ten Omicron cases till now.
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 5.4 million lives and infected over 289 million people throughout the world, according to Worldometer.
More than 254 million people have recovered from the disease, which has affected 223 countries and territories across the planet.
Bangladesh’s Covid infection rate jumps to 2.91%, highest in nearly 3 months
Bangladesh’s daily coronavirus infection rate jumped to 2.91%, hitting a nearly three-month high as countries across the world grapple with the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the virus.
The daily test positivity rate stood at 2.97% on October 7 this year.
According to the latest data by the health authorities, 557 new infections were reported in the 24 hours to Sunday morning, taking the total caseload to 1,586,466.
The total fatality rose to 28,077 with a single death report during the same time.
Dhaka recorded the most cases among the eight divisions, logging 485 infections.
Another 253 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,549,557.
As many as 19,130 samples were tested across the country. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.69% and the mortality rate at 1.77 %.
The seven-day moving average of single-day deaths in Bangladesh was 2.42 on Sunday.
The country reported the highest number of daily fatalities of 264 on August 5 this year, while the highest daily caseload was 16,230 on July 28 this year.
Bangladesh officially began the dispensation of booster doses of a Covid-19 vaccine on a limited scale from Tuesday morning.
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%.
Bangladesh lifted nationwide lockdown on August 11. However, experts have warned against complacency as many countries are seeing a surge in infections yet again.
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.
Meanwhile, the discovery of a new variant, Omicron, has triggered a global alarm. Bangladesh reported ten Omicron cases till now.
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 5.4 million lives and infected over 289 million people throughout the world, according to Worldometer.
More than 254 million people have recovered from the disease, which has affected 223 countries and territories across the planet.