Bangladesh Logs Single-Day Highest 212 Deaths from Covid

Bangladesh today logged 212 deaths, highest ever since the pandemic began here, from dreaded Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.  

Another 11,324 got newly infected in last 24-hours amid the second wave of Covid-19.  

The country's death toll increased to 16,004 and the fatality rate stood at 1.60%, according to a bulletin issued by the Directorate General of Health Services. 

With the count of 11,324 fresh infections, the total caseload mounted to 10,00,543 as of Friday while the positivity rate stood at 14.49 percent.

The country's maiden cases were reported on 8 March last year and the first death from the virus was reported on 18 March.