Daily Covid-19 deaths, cases rise in 24hrs

The single day Covid-19 deaths toll keeps rising in the country with 245 more people joining the tally in 24 hours until Monday 8am. 

This was for the sixteenth straight day that the country reported over 200 deaths in a single day. The number of deaths was 241 on Sunday.

With the surge in deaths, the fatality rate stands at 1.68% in the country, according to the health directorate.

The number of daily infections also grew during this period, reporting 11,463 new cases, up from 10,299 in the previous day. 

With the latest additions, the death toll increased to 22,897 and the case tally climbed to 1365158 in the country.

Professor Nazrul Islam, noted virologist and member of the National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19, told The Business Standard as the countrywide is going to end, infections might see a surge if mask wearing is not ensured. 

A big number of people have to be brought under vaccination as soon as possible. In two days of the mass immunisation drive, around 40 lakh people have received vaccine shots, which is good news, he also said. 

If more people are administered vaccine doses in this way, Covid-19 deaths will fall, Nazrul added. 

However, the week-long declining trend in positivity rate was maintained again as a 24.28% infection rate was confirmed after testing 47,207 samples in 707 labs across the country. 

Of the deceased, Dhaka division reported the highest 83 deaths, followed by 71 in Chattogram, 25  in Khulna,19 in Rangpur, 10 in Rajshahi, 13 in Mymensingh, 18 in Sylhet, and six in Barishal division