Bangladesh reports six more Covid deaths, 1,324 cases

Bangladesh has reported five more deaths and 1324 fresh cases in the past 24 hours ending on Thursday morning.

With the latest fatalities and cases, Covid-19 killed 29,223 people and infected 1,993,382 others, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

The daily case positivity rate however declined to 11.82 per cent from Wednesday’s 13.79 per cent as 11,126 samples were tested during the period.

Four of the deceased were men while two were woman.

Three of them were from Dhaka while another three were from Mymensingh division.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.47 per cent. The recovery rate rose to 96.28 per cent as 1,747 patients recovered during the period.

In June, the country reported 18 Covid-linked deaths and 20,201 new cases, according to the DGHS.

Bangladesh reported its first zero Covid death on November 20, 2021, since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.

The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28, 2021 and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.