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Covid kills 89 more in Bangladesh
Coronavirus claimed 89 more lives in Bangladesh in 24 hours till Sunday morning and infected another 3,948 people.
Dhaka, Aug 29 : With millions of people still waiting to receive their first doses of coronavirus vaccines, the deadly virus claimed 89 more lives in Bangladesh in 24 hours till Sunday morning and infected another 3,948 people.
The country's single-day death toll fell below 100 for the first time in more than two months with 80 deaths on Saturday.
Since the start of the Covid pandemic in March last year, Bangladesh recorded 14,93,537 infections and 26,015 deaths, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The fresh cases were reported after testing 27,921 samples raising the daily case positivity rate to 14.14% from Saturday’s 13.67%.
Meanwhile, the recovery rate rose to 94.79 per cent, while the case fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.74% during the period.
Dhaka division reported 27 of the deaths, Chattogram 21, Sylhet 10, Khulna nine, Barishal eight, Rajshahi seven, Rangpur five and Mymensingh two.
Of them, 41 were men while 48 women, reports UNB.