Country registers 2 virus deaths, 155 cases in a day

News Desk :
Bangladesh has registered two new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,975.
The Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,575,579 as 155 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Saturday, according to the latest government data, reports bdnews24.com
Dhaka recorded the most cases among the eight divisions, logging 122 infections. It also recorded the only two fatalities.
Nationwide, another 188 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,540,018.
As many as 13,462 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.15 percent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.74 percent and the mortality rate at 1.78 percent.
Globally, over 260.75 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 5.19 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.
UNB adds: Bangladesh reported two more Covid-linked deaths along with 155 fresh cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning.
On Friday, the country registered two Covid-related deaths and 239 cases.
With this, the daily-case positivity rate increased to 1.15 per cent from Friday’s 1.49 per cent, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
With the fresh numbers, the total fatalities rose to 27,975 while the caseload mounted to 15,75,579. Among the latest deceased, one was a woman and another man-both were from Dhaka division.
However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.78 per cent.
The fresh cases were detected after testing 13,462 samples, the DGHS added.
Besides, the recovery rate stood at 97.74 per cent with the recovery of 188 more patients during the 24-hour period.
On November 20, Bangladesh logged this year’s first zero Covid-linked deaths with 178 cases.
Public health experts have, however, warned that the current downward trend of Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh could well be the obvious calm before a cataclysmic storm.
Their fear centres around children below 12 who remain out of the vaccine coverage and the elderly people, according to the experts.
The experts fear a slow pace of vaccination, waning vaccine immunity, sheer disregard for Covid safety protocols, reopening of schools and increased travel may set the stage for another Covid wave in Bangladesh-a trend many European countries are witnessing now.