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Female dying double than male of Covid-19 in Bangladesh

People wait in queues for Covid vaccine ignoring health rules. Photo: Observer/Jibon Amir

Bangladesh on Tuesday recorded 56 deaths from Covid-19, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The DGHS said the deaths of female patients were double compared to the deaths of male patients as 37 women died from the virus infection in last 24 hours while the numbers was 19 for men.

On Monday, 33 women died of Covid-19 while 32 men.
With the new fatalities, the death toll rose to 26,684.
During this timeline, 2,639 fresh cases were reported, taking the total virus cases to 15,19,805.

Health authorities also reported 5,567 more recoveries over the preceding 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 14,60,754 according to data released by the government.

In the last 24 hours, 799 coronavirus testing laboratories across the country collected 27,233 and tested 27,466.

With this, a total of 91,18,843 samples were tested in the country.

Among 56 deaths, 19 are male and 37 female, the press release said, adding that three were in their 30s, six in their 40s, and 20 in their 50s while 27 were above 60 years.

The infection rate is 9.69 per cent in the last 24 hours, compared to the samples tested, while the overall infection rate is 16.67 per cent.

So far, the recovery rate is 95.11 per cent and the mortality rate is 1.59 per cent.

Daily Observer
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