Health authorities in Bangladesh have registered 8 more deaths and 5,222 fresh infections from Covid-19 across the country in last 24 hours to Sunday morning.
The latest figures took the country’s death toll to 28,144 and the case tally to 1617,711 in the country so far, according to the daily statement issued by the DGHS.
The number of daily cases crossed the 5,000 mark for the first time since 24 August last year, when 5,249 confirmed cases were reported across the country.
Meanwhile, the positivity rate jumped to 17.82%, from 14.35 percent in the previous day, after 29,305 samples were tested across the country.
Among the deceased, four died in the Dhaka division, three in Chattogram, and one in Sylhet division.
Also, 293 Covid patients recovered from the viral infection during the 24 hours period with the recovery rate of 95.99 percent.
Bangladesh reported its first Covid cases on 8 March 2020 and the maiden death on 18 March same year.
