Bangladesh Sees 41 Deaths in Last 24 Hours

Amid the declining trend in Covid-19 infections and fatalities after an alarming surge in April, Bangladesh registered 41 coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours until Thursday, pushing up the total fatalities to 11,796.

This is the lowest number of Covid deaths in the country after March 28 this year. Bangladesh saw 35 deaths on March 28.

However, 1,822 new cases were detected during the period after the test of 21,585 samples.

The mortality rate remained static at 1.53 percent, said the Directorate General of Health Services in a handout.

The number of Covid deaths came down to 50 after over a month on Wednesday as the country saw 50 deaths on April 1 and it had kept rising since then.

The daily infection rate fell to 8.44 percent from Wednesday’s 8.59 percent.