Health authorities in Bangladesh have recorded 201 deaths and 11,162 new infections from Covid-19 in last 24 hours to Wednesday morning.
With the latest figures, the death toll in country from the disease has now reached 15,593, and total infected cases climbed to 9,77,568, according to a handout released by the Director Genela of Health Services (DGHS.
Of the deceased, 119 were men and 82 women. Of them, 188 died in hospitals across the country and 12 at home while one other died on the way to the hospital.
The case positivity rate declined slightly to 31.32 percent, from Tuesday’s 31.46 percent. However, the death rate rose a little higher as it is now 1.60 percent.
In the last 24 hours, 605 labs tested 35,639 samples across the country, according to the handout.
So far, 850,502 people have recovered from the disease putting the recovery rate at 87%, which is declining unlike other indicators.
Khulna division again registered the highest number of single-day death, 66, followed by Dhaka that logged 58 deaths.
Twenty one people died in Chattogram division, 18 in Rajshahi, 14 in Rangpur, nine in Sylhet, eight in Mymensingh and seven died in Barishal division.
