Covid 19: Record number of 13,768 new cases, 220 die

An appalling record number of 13,768 Covid cases was reported in Bangladesh while 220 people die in 24 hours till Monday morning.

News Desk

An appalling record number of 13,768 Covid cases was reported in Bangladesh while 220 people lost the battle to the deadly virus in 24 hours till Monday morning.

The new numbers took the country’s caseload to 1,034,957 while the death tally to 16,639, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Just a day before, the country saw a record-high 11,856 cases and 230 deaths on Sunday.  

The country has been seeing an average of 201 deaths daily for the last seven days. A total of 2,136 people lost battle to Covid-19 in the month of July so far.

The fresh cases were detected after testing 44,067 samples which takes the country’s daily case positivity rate to 31.24% from Sunday’s 29.67%, said the DGHS.  

The fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.61% during the period.

The country saw 2,404 Covid deaths in April, 1,169 in May and 1,884 in June making those the most fatal months of this year. Also, July was the most fatal month in 2020, reporting 1,264 deaths followed by 1,197 deaths in June that year.

So far, 881,521 people recovered from the disease taking the country’s recovery rate to 85.17%, which is on the decline compared to other indicators.

Of the deceased reported today, 121 were aged over 60 years, 46 were between the ages of 51 to 60, 26 were between 41 to 50 years, 17 were between 31 to 40 years, nine were between 21 to 30 years and one was between 11 to 20 years.

Dhaka division, the worst hit region so far, reported 64 of the deaths today while Khulna saw 55 deaths and Chattogram 37. Besides, 23 people died in Rajshahi, 18 in Rangpur, 13 in Mymensingh, six in Sylhet and four in Barishal divisions.