One dies from Covid, new cases 11 in last 24hrs

Bangladesh health authorities recorded one more death from coronavirus and 11 new cases in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning, according to the health department.

With the updated data, the death toll from the virus rose to 29,433 while the caseload stood at 20,36, 567, said a handout of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case positivity rate stood at 0.72 percent down from yesterday’s 0.79 percent, after testing 1,521 samples at 883 government authorised laboratories in the country during the period.

The mortality rate of the virus remained static at 1.45 percent while the recovery rate reached 97.51 percent which was 97.50 percent a day ago, said the DGHS.

The lone female victim aged between 51 and 60 years breathed her last while undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Chattogram division during the period.

Meanwhile, some 68 persons recovered from the virus-related illness taking the total number of the recovery to 19,85,762.

Besides, the health authorities detected five cases in Dhaka division, two in Rajshahi and one each in Khulna and Sylhet divisions.

The country reported its first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 infections.

The health department recorded 40 deaths from the virus and 13,251 cases in September.

Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.

Since the outbreak of the virus in Wuhan province in China in 2019, the health authorities in Bangladesh confirmed the first case on March 8, 2020, and the first death on March 18 of the same year.

Worldometer, a reference website that provides counters and real-time statistics for diverse topics, has recorded 66, 37, 918 deaths so far caused by the virus and 64, 66, 82, 405 cases worldwide.