Covid-19: Death toll falls to 17; fresh infection 1,178

UNB :
Covid-19 in Bangladesh claimed 17 more lives and infected 1,178 others in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, showing a slight decline in the number of fatalities and cases compared to that of the previous day.
On Tuesday, the country logged 31 Covid deaths and 1,310 cases while 21 on Sunday, the lowest in four months.
The fresh cases were detected after testing 28,599 samples.
The daily case positivity rate declined to 4.12 percent from Tuesday’s 4.49, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With this, the daily case positivity rate of Covid-19 in the country remained below 5 percent for the eighth consecutive day.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), if the daily-case positivity rate remains at 5 percent or below for 14 days it is considered to be safe for mass unlocking.
The fresh numbers took the total fatalities to 27,487 while the caseload mounted to 15,55,051, said the DGHS.
However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 percent. The recovery rate slightly declined to 97.42 percent with the recovery of 1,086 more patients during the period.
So far, 15,14,962 people have recovered from the deadly virus infections, the DGHS added.
bdnews24.com adds: Bangladesh has registered 17 new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,487.
The Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,555,051 as 1,178 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Wednesday, according to the latest government data.
Dhaka registered the most daily deaths and new cases among the eight divisions, logging 12 fatalities and 865 infections.
Nationwide, another 1,086 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,514,962.
As many as 28,599 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 4.12 percent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.42 percent and the mortality rate at 1.77 percent.
Globally, over 232.82 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 4.76 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.