Bangladesh sees lowest coronavirus deaths in 4.5 months
Previously, the lowest number of deaths in a single day was 15 on May 28
Highlights:
- Total infected: 3,82,959
- Total death: 5,593
- Total recovery: 297,449
- Total sample test: 2,112,448
Bangladesh confirmed the lowest coronavirus death toll in 4.5 months, with 16 new deaths in the last 24 hours till Wednesday 8am.
Previously, the lowest number of deaths from Covid-19 in a single day was 15, which was reported on May 28.
The country's death toll from the virus now stands at 5,593, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
In the last 24 hours, 1,684 people tested positive for Covid-19, and the number of novel coronavirus cases in the country now stands at 382,959.
Of the dead patients, 13 were men and three were women. Moreover, 10 of them hailed from Dhaka, three from Khulna, two from Chattogram, and one from Rajshahi division.
Fifteen of them died in different hospitals, and one at his residence.
Some 14,169 samples were collected in the last 24 hours and 14,411 were tested in 109 labs across the country. So far 2,112,448 samples have been tested.
The latest day's infection rate was 11.69% of the total tests, though the overall infection rate in the country till date is 18.13%, and death rate is 1.46%.
A total of 1,576 patients were declared free of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. The total number of recoveries reached 297,449. The recovery rate now stands at 77.67%.
The gender breakdown of Covid-19 victims shows that 76.97% or 4,305 were men, and 23.03% or 1,288 were women.
