Covid-19 in Bangladesh: 35 more die, case positivity rate drops

Bangladesh witnessed 35 more Covid-related deaths with 1,190 fresh cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning.

Dhaka, Sep 18 :  Bangladesh witnessed 35 more Covid-related deaths with 1,190 fresh cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

It is lowest death toll from Covid in three months. The country recorded the same number of fatalities on Wednesday.

The new cases were detected after testing 19,668 samples which again declined the daily case positivity rate to 6.04 per cent from Friday’s 6.49 per cent, said the DGHS.

The case positivity rate fell to 5.98 per cent on Thursday which was lowest of the country in around six months.

The fresh numbers of death took the country’s total fatality to 27,182 while the caseload mounted to 1,541,300.

Meanwhile, the fatality rate remained static at 1.76 per cent, said the DGHS.

Besides, the recovery rate continued to increase by reaching 97.23 per cent on Saturday with the recovery of 1,645more patients during the 24-hour period.

Vaccination of students aged12-17

Vaccination of students aged between 12 to 17 years will begin within the next 20 days, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday.

The minister announced this at a meeting at Manikganj municipality office premises.

 The children will be inoculated with US-made Pfizer vaccine doses as it is suitable for them, he said adding that all arrangements have been made to collect the vaccine doses.

So far, 14,390,957 people have been fully vaccinated in the country while 21,851,458 received the first dose.

On January 27, Prime Minister Hasina launched the Covid-19 vaccination programme at Kurmitola General Hospital through a videoconference.

The government rolled out a countrywide mass Covid-19 vaccination drive on February 7 vaccinating people aged 55 and above in the first phase, reports UNB.