Covid daily deaths lowest in 11 weeks

The fatalities from Covid-19 and new infections have dropped in the country last week compared to the previous week, according to data of the Directorate General of Health Services.

A total of 24,130 new Covid cases were recorded last week, down from 32,950 in the previous week (August 21-27).

The number of deaths also came down to 237 from 586 during the same period.

Meanwhile, 70 more people died from novel coronavirus in 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday. This is the lowest daily death from the virus recorded in the country in the last 11 weeks.

On June 19, the daily death toll was 67.

The total number of Covid deaths in Bangladesh now stands at 26,432 and the death rate is 1.75 percent, said a DGHS press release.

A total of 29,438 samples were tested across the country during the 24 hours. At least 3,167 new infections were logged in this period, taking the total number of infected people to 15,10,283.

The current positivity rate is 10.76 percent while the overall positivity rate is 16.74 percent.

At least 4,697 Covid patients have recovered during the 24-hour period. The total number of recoveries now stands at 14,42,582 and the recovery rate is 95.52 percent.

Among the 70 deceased, 34 were men and 36 women.

Of them, one was aged between 21 and 30, three were between 31 and 40, 11 between 41 and 50, 16 between 51 and 60, 21 between 61 and 70, 14 between 71 and 80 and four between 81 and 90, added the release.