Covid-19 Tolls: One die in a day
The number of daily deaths from Covid-19 dropped to one yesterday, the lowest in one and a half years.
Earlier on May 5 last year, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported one Covid-related death in the country.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. With the latest fatality, the total number of deaths caused by the virus reached 27,891.
On March 18 last year, the DGHS reported the death of a Covid patient for the first time -- 10 days after the first three confirmed cases were logged in the country.
The number of daily casualties from Covid-19 hit the highest 264 each on August 5 and 10 this year.
This spike was caused by the massive spread of the Delta variant of Covid across the country from May 8.
The number of confirmed cases and deaths started declining in early August.
In the 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday, the DGHS reported 154 Covid cases after 13,072 tests were carried out across the country.
This took the total number of confirmed cases to 15,70,835. The positivity rate was 1.18 percent.
A total of 157 Covid patients recovered in the 24-hour period, raising the recovery to 97.70 percent.
The only deceased, a male Covid patient aged between 71 and 80, was undergoing treatment in a Dhaka hospital.
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