Covid positivity rate stays below 5% for four days in a row
The country reports eight more deaths from the virus and 799 new cases
Bangladesh has reported Covid-19 positivity rates below 5% for the fourth consecutive day with a 3.35% rate recorded in the past 24 hours, which reflects improvement in the country's Covid situation.
Eight more deaths from Covid-19 and 799 new cases were recorded, testing 23,817 samples, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily bulletin.
A day ago Bangladesh reported a 3.65% positivity rate.
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For the last four days, the positivity rate has been declining continuously. The positivity rate went below 5% on 26 February after 52 days with a 4.15% positivity rate.
According to the World Health Organisation, Covid-19 infections are considered to be under control if a country's detection rate remains below 5% for more than two consecutive weeks.
The latest figures took the country's death toll to 29,045 and the case tally to 1,944,376.
Of the deceased, reported on Tuesday, three were reported in Chattogram, two in Rajshahi, and one each in Dhaka, Khulna and Mymensingh divisions.
Also, 7,460 Covid patients were cured during the 24 hours with the recovery rate recorded at 93.71%.
The country reported its first Covid case on 8 March 2020 and the maiden death on 18 March the same year.
