Bangladesh on Friday reported 5 thousand 993 Covid-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 145 lives.
"The country reported 17.18 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 34 thousand 892 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, " Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.
In the past 24 hours, combined figure of coronavirus of Dhaka city and upazilas of Dhaka district is 2 thousand 321 while 20 Covid-19 deaths were reported during the same period.
The official tally showed the virus killed 25 thousand 23 people and infected 14 lakh 53 thousand 203 so far, it added.
The recovery count rose to 13 lakh 47 thousand 755 after another 10 thousand 574 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.
The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning 92.74 percent recovered, while 1.72 percent died.
The DGHS said among the total 25 thousand 23 fatalities, 11 thousand 39 deaths occurred in Dhaka division, 4 thousand 956 in Chattogram, 1 thousand 858 in Rajshahi, 3 thousand 291 in Khulna, 847 in Barishal, 1 thousand 36 in Sylhet, 1 thousand 245 in Rangpur and 751 in Mymensingh division.
The beginning of the current year witnessed a drastic fall of coronavirus cases in the country but the trend lasted for only two months — 21 thousand 629 cases were detected in January and 11 thousand 77 in February.
After the drastic fall of Covid-19 confirmed cases, the country witnessed sharp increase of infection as 65 thousand 79 cases were reported in March, 2021 and 1 lakh 47 thousand 837 cases in April.
The country again witnessed a fall in May, 2021 as it recorded 41 thousand 408 cases. From the beginning of June, 2021, the country recorded a sharp rise with 1 lakh 12 thousand 718 cases, the DGHS said.
