Bangladesh reports 198 more Covid deaths, 7,535 fresh cases

Bangladesh reported 198 more coronavirus-related deaths and 7,535 fresh infections in 24 hours till Tuesday morning..

Dhaka, Aug 17 :  Amid concern over the spread of Delta Variant  Bangladesh reported 198 more coronavirus-related deaths and 7,535 fresh infections in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.

The country has been seeing fatalities below 200 for the last five days, a slight improvement from the July 25- August 13 period when daily deaths were recorded over 200.

The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatality to 24,547 while the cases to 1,433,396, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS)

The new cases were detected after testing 39,278 samples which lowered the case positivity rate to 19.18 % from Monday’s 21.08%.

Meanwhile, the case fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.71%, said the DGHS.

During the period, the recovery rate rose to 91.73% with 12,950 more people recovering from the infection, reports UNB.