Health authorities In Bangladesh have registered 3 more deaths and 229 infections from Covid-19 across the country in last 24 hours to Tuesday morning.
With the latest additions, the death toll reached 27,873 and the case tally climbed to 1569,982 in the country.
The current positivity rate stands at 1.14 percent as the health officials tested 20,031 samples across the country. Among the deaths reported today, two died in Dhaka and one in Chattogram divisions.
Also, 211 patients were declared free of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, with a 97.70 percent recovery rate.
The Covid-19 victims’ gender breakdown shows that 17,842 of the total deceased across the country were men and 10,031 were women.
The country’s maiden cases were reported on 8 March last year and the first death from the virus was reported on 18 March.
The DGHS said among the total 27,873 fatalities, 12,155 deaths occurred In Dhaka division, 5,660 in Chattogram, 2,043 in Rajshahi, 3,598 in Khulna, 946 in Barishal, 1,265 in Sylhet, 1,363 in Rangpur and 843 in Mymensingh divisions.
