Desk Report
Published: 06 Aug 2022, 08:32 pm
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Bangladesh
recorded two more Covid-linked deaths with 220 fresh cases in 24 hours till
Saturday morning.
With
the latest numbers, the total fatalities reached 29,304 while the caseload
2,007,119, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The
daily case positivity rate slightly increased to 5.56 per cent from Friday's
5.06 percent as 3,959 samples were tested.
The
deceased included a man and a woman. They were from Rajshahi and Khulna
divisions.
The
mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent. The recovery rate rose to
97.02 per cent from Friday's 97 per cent.
In
July, Bangladesh reported 142 Covid-linked deaths and 31,422 cases, the highest
death toll and cases in the last five months since March this year, as per
DGHS.
Among
the deceased, 57 were unvaccinated while seven received the first dose, 52 the
second dose and 26 the third dose, according to the Directorate General of
Health Services (DGHS).
Besides,
34,901 patients recovered from the disease during this period.
Bangladesh
reported its first zero Covid death on November 20 last year since the pandemic
broke out here in March 2020.
The
country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year
and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.