Bangladesh passes another Covid deathless day

Bangladesh logged 35 fresh Covid cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, taking the total caseload to 19,51,867.

As per the latest government data, the country’s total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,123 as no death was reported during the period.

The daily positivity rate dropped to 0.52 per cent, lowest since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020, after testing 6,836 samples during the period.

On Monday, the number of infections was higher as 61 new cases were reported with one death, taking the positivity rate to 0.78 per cent.

Besides, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The recovery rate rose to 96.59 per cent with the recovery of 899 more patients during the 24-hour period.

Earlier on March 27, Bangladesh logged its lowest daily positivity rate at 0.54 per cent reporting 43 cases with zero death.

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.

On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest daily positivity rate at 33.37 per cent reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.

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.