Covid positivity rate below 5% for 4 days in a row
According to the World Health Organisation, Covid-19 infections are considered under control if a country’s detection rate remains below 5% for more than two consecutive weeks
Bangladesh has reported a Covid-19 positivity rate below 5% for the fourth consecutive day with a 4.54% rate recorded in the past 24 hours, which reflects improvement in the country's Covid-19 status.
31 patients died and 1,233 new cases were recorded, testing 27,141 samples, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily bulletin.
Of the deaths reported, 16 people died in Dhaka, eight in Chattogram, two each in Rajshahi and Rangpur, and one each in Khulna, Sylhet and Mymensingh division.
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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.
So far, the virus has killed 27,368 people and infected 15,49,553. Of the deceased, 17,584 were men and 9,784 were women.
Dhaka district witnessed 730 new cases and 12 deaths from Covid-19 in the previous 24 hours.
The recovery rate from the virus rose to 15,09,202, including 1,413 patients discharged from the hospitals in the past day. The DGHS statistics show that 97.40% of Covid-19 patients have recovered while 1.77% died across the country.
The country's first cases were reported on 8 March last year and the first death from the virus was reported on 18 March.
