Covid-19: Bangladesh records 100+ daily deaths for one week

134 more people died of the virus in 24 hours till Saturday morning.

Dhaka, July 3 :  Bangladesh is currently seeing the most alarming spike since confirming its first cases in March last year, as over 100 deaths were reported at a stretch for a week until Saturday.
As of Saturday morning, 134 more people died of the virus in 24 hours till Saturday morning while 6,124 new cases were reported, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The number of daily deaths remained above 100 after logging 119 deaths on June 27, and the country also saw the highest 143 deaths as of today.
With the new numbers, the country’s death toll now stands at 14,912 while the caseload at 936,256.
The case positivity rate today fell to 27.39% from Friday’s 28% after testing 22,687 samples during the period, said the DGHS handout.
However, the country's fatality rate remained static at 1.59% during the period.
So far, 829,199 people have recovered from the disease putting the country’s recovery rate at 88.57 %, which has been on the wane for more than two weeks now, reports UNB.
Thirty-nine of the deaths were reported in Khulna division today, while Dhaka saw 38 deaths.
Besides, 23 people died in Rajshahi, 15 in Rangpur, 11 in Chattogram, four in Mymensingh, three in Barishal and one in Sylhet divisions.
The country saw 2,404 Covid deaths in April, 1,169 in May and 1,884 in June marking the most fatal months of this year.
Also, July was the most fatal month of 2020, reporting 1,264 deaths followed by 1,197 deaths in June that year, reports UNB.