Bangladesh recorded 47 coronavirus-related deaths on Sunday, the highest fatalities in five weeks.
The local death tally now stands at 13,118.
Meanwhile, the number of new cases also spiked with the health authorities confirming 2,436 cases in a 24-hour period until 8am, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services.
So far, the country has recorded 8,26,922 coronavirus cases. The first infections were reported on March 8 last year and the first coronavirus-related death on March 18, 2020.
Coronavirus cases were first reported in China in December 2019.
According to official data, 9,438 men and 3,680 women have died of the virus until Sunday in Bangladesh.
Among the latest victims, 15 died in Dhaka division, nine in Chattogram, eight in Khulna, six in Rajshahi, four in Rangpur, two each in Mymensingh and Sylhet, and one in Barishal.
The mortality rate stands at 1.59 per cent.
The DGHS said 18,749 samples were tested between Saturday and Sunday morning.
The daily infection rate fell to 12.99 per cent. It is the 10th consecutive day that the infection rate stayed in the double-digit range.
A total of 61,75,112 tests have been carried out so far. Currently, the overall infection rate is 13.39 per cent.
The health authorities said 2,242 patients have recovered from coronavirus in the 24-hour period, taking the overall recovery rate to 92.66 per cent.
Bangladesh launched its countrywide vaccination drive on February 7 with doses bought from India’s Serum Institute.
So far, 58,20,015 people have been administered the first dose of Covishield, the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by SII, since January 27.
Of them, 42,44,997 received the second shots until Saturday, according to the health authorities.
A vaccine export halt by India forced Bangladesh to keep administering the first dose suspended since April 26.
So far, 2,162 people have received China’s Sinopharm jabs. Another 6,00,000 doses of the vaccine are scheduled to arrive from China as a gift on Sunday afternoon.
