Bangladesh logs 8 more Covid deaths, 166 cases in 24hrs

Bangladesh reported 8 new coronavirus-related deaths and 166 infections in a 24-hour period till 8:00am on Saturday.

The positivity rate during this period marginally declined to 1.25 per cent from Friday’s 1.71 per cent.

With this, the daily-case positivity rate in the country remained below 5 per cent for the 40 consecutive days.

In Bangladesh, the daily-case positivity rate reached its peak 32.55 per cent on July 24 this year.

The overall caseload now stands at 15,69,328 and the total fatalities at 27,862 according to the press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 13,240 samples at 833 laboratories across the country. Bangladesh has so far tested 1,03,32,644 samples.

Meanwhile, 181 patients recovered from the deadly infection in the last 24-hours, raising the overall recovery to 15,33,147.

Among the fresh fatalities, six were males and two were females.

Dhaka division logged the highest deaths with four fatalities; followed by two in Khulna and one each in Chattogram, Sylhet.

Rajshahi, Rangpur, Mymensingh and Barishal divisions reported no new deaths.

Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8 last year and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18 the same year.

Meanwhile, the global Covid-19 caseload reached 246,100,476 and the death toll to 4,990,495 till Saturday morning, according to US-based Johns Hopkins University (JHU) update.