Covid death toll drops to single digits

After 205 days, the daily Covid-19 death toll dropped to single digits yesterday.

The Director General of Health Services (DGHS) recorded seven deaths from coronavirus in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, according to a DGHS press release.

On March 11, the health department recorded six deaths.

The total number of Covid-19 deaths in the country now stands at 27,654 and the death rate is 1.77 percent, according to the DGHS press release.

The highest death toll 264 was recorded in August.

Meanwhile, at least 645 new infections were recorded during those 24 hours, taking the total number of infected people to 1,561,463, added the release.

A total of 23,302 samples were tested across the country and the current positivity rate is 2.77 percent. The overall positivity rate stands at 15.75 percent.

At least 814 Covid-19 patients have recovered during this period. The total number of recoveries now stands at 1,522,591 and the recovery rate is 97.51 percent.

Among the seven dead, three were men and four women.

Of them, two aged between 41 and 50 years, two between 61 and 70, and three between 71 and 80, added the release.

The coronavirus was first detected in December 2019 in China. Within months, the virus spread around the world.

Bangladesh first detected the presence of novel coronavirus in the country on March 8.

The infection rate began to shoot up in April this year and drop from mid-May.

The country then saw a steep rise in infection in July. The infection rate started dropping in September.