Covid claims 88 more, 3,436 cases reported afresh

Bangladesh today reported 3 thousand 436 Covid-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 88 lives.

"The country reported 10.40 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 33 thousand 25 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 1 thousand 652 while 14 Covid-19 deaths were reported during the same period.

The official tally showed the virus killed 26 thousand 362 people and infected 15 lakh 7 thousand 116 so far, it added.

The recovery count rose to 14 lakh 37 thousand 885 after another 5 thousand 901 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.

The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning 95.91 percent recovered, while 1.75 percent died.

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.

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 confirmed cases crossed 5 thousand mark on March 29, 2021, 6 thousand mark on April 1, 2021, 7 thousand mark on April 4, 2021, 8 thousand mark on June 24, 2021, 9 thousand mark on July 5, 11 thousand mark July 6, 13 thousand mark on July 12, 12 thousand mark on July 13, 14 thousand mark on July 27 and 16 thousand mark on July 28.