Covid-linked deaths in Bangladesh fall to 7

Covid-19 in Bangladesh claimed 7 more lives and infected 466 others in 24 hours till Thursday morning.

Dhaka, Oct 14 : Covid-19 claimed 7 more lives in Bangladesh and infected 466 others in 24 hours till Thursday morning.

With the fresh numbers, the Covid-19 fatalities reached 27,737 in the country while the caseload rose to 15,64,485, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Of the latest deceased, four were women and three men. 

Three of them died in Dhaka division, two in Chattogram and one each in Khulna and Barishal divisions.

Bangladesh last logged seven Covid-19 deaths on October 8, the lowest since March 17 this year when the country recorded 11 such deaths.

The fresh cases were detected after testing 21,568 samples.

With this, the daily-case positivity rate declined slightly to 2.16% percent. However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77%.

Besides, the recovery rate increased slightly to 97.56 %, with 695 more patients getting cured during the period.

So far, 15,26,368  people have recovered from the deadly virus infections, the DGHS added, reports UNB.