Covid-19 claims 31 more lives, lowest in 50 days
The daily death toll from Covid-19 has dropped to 31 in the last 24 hours, which is the lowest in 50 days.
On 24 March, Bangladesh reported 25 new deaths from the viral disease and the toll continued to rise since then.
Meanwhile, 1,290 more people were infected with Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, which took the case count to 7,78,687.
The fatality rate was recorded at 1.55% during the period and the positivity rate at 9.58%, said a media statement issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Among the latest day's victims, 17 were men, and 14 were women. All the victims died in different hospitals across the country.
Moreover, 13 of the deceased hailed from the Dhaka Division, 9 from Chattogram, three each from Sylhet and Rajshahi, one each from Mymenshingh, Khulna and Rangpur.
Also, 1,370 patients were declared free of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, with a 92.41% recovery rate.
The Covid-19 victims' gender breakdown shows that 8,743 of the total deceased across the country were men and 3,333 were women.
The country's maiden cases were reported on 8 March last year and the first death from the virus was reported on 18 March.
India in the last 24 hours reported 4,120 deaths, taking the total toll to 2,58,317, while 3,62,727 fresh infections took the tally of active cases to 37,10525.
Covid-19 has claimed 3,346,613 lives worldwide and infected 161,118,841 so far, according to the data provided by Worldometer.