Covid-19 positivity rate jumps at 5.94%

Bangladesh today reported zero Covid-19 death in the past 24 hours while it recorded 304 coronavirus positive cases during the period.

"Bangladesh reported 5.94 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 5,122 samples were tested in the last 24 hours...the country logged more than five percent positivity rate of the deadly virus for three straight days after nearly three and a half months," Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) sources said.

During the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka city and upazilas of the district is 280 while no Covid-19 death was reported during the period.

The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,131 people and infected 19,55,731 so far, the statement added.

The recovery count rose to 19,05,758 after another 47 patients were discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the past one day.

From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.44 percent Covid-19 patients recovered among the infected people while 1.49 percent died, the DGHS statistics showed.