Bangladesh has reported 20 more deaths from Covid-19 and 3,539 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till 8:00am on Thursday.
A press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) revealed it on Thursday (February 17) afternoon.
The daily positivity rate declined to 10.24 per cent from Wednesday’s 12.20 per cent after testing 34,547 samples during the period, according to the DGHS.
On Wednesday, Bangladesh reported 15 more Covid related deaths with 3,929 fresh cases.
With the latest death toll, the country’s total fatalities have risen to 28,907 while the caseload mounted to 19,26,570.
Among the new deceased, 16 were men and four women.
Seven of the deaths were reported in Dhaka division while five in Rajshahi, four in Khulna, two in Chattogram, and one each in Sylhet and Rangpur divisions.
Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained static at 1.50 per cent.
However, the recovery rate slightly rose to 89.69 per cent with the recovery of 11,800 more patients during the 24-hour period.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its earlier highest daily positivity rate at 33.37 per cent reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.
On December 9 last year, Bangladesh again logged zero Covid-related death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was apparently showing signs of easing.
The country reported first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 last year along with 178 infections since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on August 10 last year.
