UNB, Dhaka :
Amid the global race to vaccinate people, the Covid-19 pandemic in Bangladesh has eased with the health authorities reporting three deaths and 206 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning
The new casualties marked a slight drop from Monday’s six deaths and 215 fresh cases.
Both the daily-case positivity and the mortality rates remained unchanged at 1.28 per cent and at 1.78 per cent respectively, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The fresh cases were detected after testing 17,530 samples.
Two of the three deceased were men and one was a woman.
With the fresh numbers, the Covid-19 fatalities reached 27,904 while the caseload climbed to 1,571,434, according to the DGHS.
Also, the recovery rate remained unchanged at 97.71 percent, with the recovery of 356 more patients during the period.
So far, 31,622,370 people have fully been vaccinated in the country while 46,707,885 received the first dose as of Monday, said the DGHS.