7 more die of Covid, 253 infected

Bangladesh logged seven more Covid-linked deaths and 253 fresh infections in 24 hours till yesterday morning, according to Directorate General of Health Services.

Of the deceased, three were men and four women, said DGHS.

The daily-case positivity rate increased to 1.40 from Thursday's 1.25 percent.

The fresh numbers took the total fatalities to 27,946 while the country's caseload mounted to 15,73,711, said the DGHS.

Dhaka division logged six Covid-related deaths while Chattogram division recorded one during the period, it said.

However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.78 percent.

The fresh cases were detected after testing 18,124 samples.

Besides, the recovery rate remained the same as 97.72 percent with the recovery of 294 more patients during the 24-hour period.