Bangladesh for the second time logged more than 100 daily Covid deaths on Friday.
The country logged an additional 108 deaths and 5,869 infections from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours until 8:00am Friday.
On April 19, 2021, the country logged the highest daily death 112 from the viral disease.
With the latest tally, the death toll from Covid hits 13,976 and infections 878,804.
The daily Covid situation update by the Directorate General of Health Services came up with the latest statistics.
A total of 27,653 samples have been tested during the reporting period. Bangladesh had tested a total of 64,63,119 samples as of June 25.
Among the deceased, 75 are male and 33 female patients.
Eighty three of them died at public hospitals, 14 at private ones and 11 at their homes, according to the government statistics.
A total of 2,776 people recovered from the viral disease totalling the number to 797,559.
The daily update shows that 58 of the deceased were aged above 60 years, 25 aged between 51 and 60 years, 15 between 41 and 50 years, seven between 31 and 40 years, two between 21 to 30 years and one aged between 11 to 20 years.
Bangladesh officially announced the presence of Covid-19 on March 8, 2020 while recorded the first death on March 18, 2020.
Our correspondents report that a total of 35 patients died in the Covid units of hospitals in Khulna, Rajshahi, Kushtia and Satkhira districts in the past 24 hours ending Friday morning.
Of them, nine died in three hospitals in Khulna, 14 died in Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, eight died in two hospitals in Satkhira and four died in Kushtia, our correspondents in the districts, quoting government officials, reported.
Of the 35 deceased, 18 were Covid positive patients and 17 died with symptoms of Covid infection.
The daily number of Covid cases continued to soar on Thursday while the National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19 recommended at least a 14-day countrywide ‘complete shutdown as the virus outbreak went out of control’.
State minister for public administration Farhad Hossain told reporters on Thursday night that the recommendation of the advisory committee for a complete shutdown was rational.
The government is considering the situation and it is prepared to enforce a complete shutdown anytime, he added.
With the outbreak situation becoming ‘alarming’ the government is not on the right track to prevent the situation, public health experts observed.
