Showing a marked fall in the fatality rate, Bangladesh today registered 50 more deaths from Covid-19 in 24 hours until Wednesday morning.
With the new figures, the number of total mortality from the deadly virus rose to 11,755, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The number of Covid deaths came down to 50 after over a month as the country saw 50 deaths on April 1 and it had kept rising since then.
Meanwhile, the health authorities recorded 1,742 new virus cases during the period, pushing up the caseload to 7,67,338.
However, the infection rate fell to 8.59 per cent from Tuesday’s 8.71 per cent while the fatality rate remained static at 1.53 perc ent.
The body count soared to over 100 during April 16-19 and on April 25 but the daily fatalities have been falling gradually since then.
