Nine in 10 Covid cases were in Dhaka city

Four Covid-19 patients died and 268 new cases were reported in the 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

Ninety-one percent of the cases were in the Dhaka metropolitan area while the rest were from 12 districts including Dhaka, according to a press release from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of the four patients who died during that time, three were in Dhaka and another in Rajshahi division.

The total number of fatalities due to the highly transmissible virus has now risen to 28,060 and the total confirmed cases to 15,83,253.

The death rate was 1.77 percent.

Against a total of 17,072 tests countrywide, the positivity rate was 1.57 percent.

During the past two months, the positivity rate has been below two percent, except 2.02 percent on Friday and 2.01 percent on Saturday.

After the new Omicron variant was detected last month, only two Omicron cases have been reported so far in the country and the transmission rate has remained stable.

The government, however, has taken precautionary measures including issuing travel alerts in all entry points.

Health officials, meanwhile, have urged people to maintain health safety rules.