Covid-19 tests drop again

The health directorate yesterday reported 2,024 Covid-19 new cases and 32 deaths from the highly transmissible virus as the number of tests decreased again.

In the 24 hours till 8:30am yesterday, a total of 10,018 individuals' samples were tested.

The positivity rate was 20.2 percent.

The 32 deaths over that period took the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the country to 3,657.

The overall death rate stands at 1.32 percent of all confirmed cases.

With yesterday's figures, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases rose to 2,76,549 -- 20.45 percent of the 13,51,666 people tested since January 21.

In the same 24 hours, 1,315 people have recovered from their illness.

As of yesterday, a total of 1,58,950 patients -- more than 57 percent of all confirmed cases – have recovered, according to the health directorate.

Of yesterday's deceased, 25 were male and seven were female.

Of all deceased, more than 79 percent were male.

One of the deceased over the 24 hours was aged between 31 and 40, three between 41 and 50, nine between 51 and 60, and 19 were over 60 years old.

Fourteen were from Dhaka division while three each were from Chattogram and Barishal, six from Rajshahi, and two each from Khulna, Sylhet and Rangpur divisions.

In the last 24 hours, 579 people were put under isolation, the release added.