7 die of Covid in a day
Bangladesh reported seven more deaths from Covid and 3,447 cases in the last 24 hours till 8am Saturday.
A day ago, the single-day toll was six and the infections surpassed over 4,000 for the first time in five months.
The health officials today recorded the positivity rate at 14.35% testing 24,028 samples across the country.
With the latest figures, the death toll reached 28,136 and the case tally climbed to 16,12,489 in the country.
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Among the deaths, four were reported in the Dhaka division, two in Sylhet and one in Barishal division.
Also, 294 patients were declared Covid free with a 96.29% recovery rate.
Bangladesh reported its first Covid cases on 8 March 2020 and the maiden death on 18 March in the same year.
