16 more die, 316 get Covid

Bangladesh reported 16 new Covid-19 deaths yesterday, taking the national death tally to 8,221.

The mortality rate in the country now stands at 1.53 percent, said the Directorate General of Health Services in a handout.

Bangladesh witnessed a daily infection rate of 2.30 percent with 316 new cases in the last 24 hours, pushing up the caseload to 538,378.

On January 1, the daily infection rate was 8.18 percent.

So far, 3,762,774 tests, including 13,762 new ones, have been carried out since the first cases were reported on March 8 last year.

The overall infection rate now stands at 14.31 percent. However, 483,931 patients -- 89.89 percent -- have recovered so far, the DGHS said.

Bangladesh reported its first Covid-19 cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18 last year.