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Covid claims 203 more lives in Bangladesh

Disease 2021-07-13, 8:23pm

Bangladesh lost 203 more lives to the deadly virus while another 12,198 people contracted it in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.



Dhaka, July 13 : Struggling with Covid-19’s grim second wave, Bangladesh lost 203 more lives to the deadly virus while another 12,198 people contracted it in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.

The new numbers took the death tally to 16,842 and the caseload to 10,47,155, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The fresh cases were detected after testing 41,755 samples during the period, pushing up the case positivity rate to 29.21%.

As of July 13, 2,339 people lost battle to Covid-19. However, the case fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.61% during the 24-hour period.

The country saw a record number of 13,768 Covid cases on Monday and the highest-ever 230 deaths on Sunday, reports UNB.