Covid-19: Bangladesh sees record 8,364 new cases; loses 104 lives

Bangladesh has reported a record-high number of Covid -19 new cases with lost of 104 more lives.

Dhaka, June 28 :  Bangladesh has reported a record-high number of daily Covid-19 infections after confirming its first cases on March 8 last year and 7,626 on April 7.
On Monday, 8,364 people were diagnosed with the disease, in 35,059 sample tests, in the preceding 24 hours, bringing the country's cumulative caseload since the beginning of the pandemic to 896,770.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh's positivity rate reached its peak at 23.86%, which was recorded at 23.57% on April 8.
Also, Covid-19 claimed 104 more lives over the same period, taking the death toll to 14,276. The fatality rate stood at 1.59%, according to the Directorate General of Health Services reports UNB.