Lowest Covid-19 deaths in two weeks
Bangladesh reported 77 more deaths from the Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till 8am Wednesday, taking the total death toll in the country to 11,305.
This is the lowest daily Covid-19 death toll after 13 April when 69 deaths were reported.
The fatality rate now stands at 1.50% in the country, according to a media statement issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The country also witnessed a further decline to infection rate with 2,955 positive cases recorded in the last 24 hours, pushing the country's total caseload to 7,54,614.
The current infection rate stands at 10.48%, while the total positivity rate in the country stands at 13.91%.
A total of 28,206 samples were tested in 358 labs across the country in the last 24 hours.
Among the latest day's victims, 43 were men, and 34 were women. Of them, 76 died while undergoing treatment in different hospitals across the country while one died at home.
Of the deceased, 46 hailed from the Dhaka division, while nine from Chattogram, seven from Khulna, five each from Rajshahi and Barishal, two each from Sylhet and Mymensingh, and one from Rangpur division.
Also, 5,392 patients were declared free of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours. The total recovery rate in the country now stands at 89.09%.
The country's maiden cases were reported on 8 March last year and the first death caused by the virus was reported on 18 March of that year.