Covid-19: Bangladesh logs 1 death after a month
After a month, Bangladesh reported one Covid-19 death and 16 new cases on Saturday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The fresh numbers took the country's total caseload to 1,953,204, and the death toll to 29,128.
The daily test positivity rate slightly decreased to 0.41% from Friday's 0.79% after 3,927 samples were tested.
On Thursday, 50 cases were reported with no death.
In April, the country reported only five Covid-19 deaths and 1,114 new cases while 14,100 patients recovered from the disease, according to the DGHS.
Among the five deaths, two were unvaccinated while three were vaccinated with two doses of the Covid vaccine.
The country reported its first zero Covid death in a single day on 20 November last year, along with 178 cases, since the pandemic broke out in March 2020.
On 28 January, Bangladesh logged its previous highest positivity rate of 33.37%.
The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on 28 July last year and daily fatalities of 264 on 10 August in the same year.