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Bangladesh reported 114 new coronavirus-related deaths and 5,249 infections in a span of 24 hours till 8:00am on Tuesday.
According to the press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the overall caseload now stands at 14,72,964 and the total fatalities at 25,513.
In the last 24 hours, the positivity rate dropped down slightly to 15.12 per cent from Monday’s 15.54 per cent.
Health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 34,708 samples at 736 laboratories across the country. Bangladesh has so far tested 86,86,306 samples.
Meanwhile, 8,907 patients recovered from the deadly infection in the last 24-hours, raising the overall recovery to 13,81,763.
Among the fresh fatalities, 56 were males and 58 were females.
Dhaka logged the highest with 42 fatalities in terms of deaths per division, 29 in Chattogram, 13 in Khulna, 9 in Sylhet, 6 each in Rajshahi and Rangpur, 5 in Barishal, and 4 in Mymensingh division.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8 last year and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 the same year.
According to Worldometer, Covid-19 claimed 4,457,742 lives and infected over 2,13,513,536 people across the world till August 24.
As many as 1,91,070,570 people recovered from Covid-19, said Worldometer.
Bangladesh imposed lockdowns and ramped up vaccination drive to tackle the spread of the virus.
