Bangladesh logged the highest daily Covid infections of 11,525 people and the second highest deaths of 163 in the past 24 hours until Tuesday morning.
The case positivity rate across the country has also been climbing for the past few days and reached to 31.46 on the day while other parts of the country witnessed a good number of people died with Covid symptoms.
With the latest statistics, the total death toll hits 15,392 and infections to 966,406.
Among the deceased, 98 are male and 65 female patients.
Bangladesh on July 6, for the third consecutive day, counted 150-plus daily deaths amid the on-going strict restrictions on public movement to contain the viral disease. It was also the ninth consecutive day the country had logged 100-plus deaths in a row.
A Directorate General of Health Services release confirmed the statistics.
Our correspondents in Rajshahi, Khulna, Satkhira, Kushtia, Mymensingh, Chattogram, Barishal, Chuadanga and Thakurgaon report that a total of 90 patients died at the Covid units of hospitals in the districts.
Among them, 40 patients, or 45 per cent of the total deceased, died with Covid symptoms, and 50 other patients died with Covid infections, their reports say.
A total of 36,631 samples have been tested during the reporting period across the country at 605 laboratories while Bangladesh had tested 67,94,193 samples as of July 6.
Some 126 of the deceased died at public hospitals, 29 at private ones, five were brought dead at hospitals and three died at their homes, according to the government statistics.
A total of 5,433 people recovered from the viral disease accumulating the number of recovery to 844,515.
Among the deceased, the highest 46 died in Khulna followed by 45 in Dhaka, 24 in Chattogram, 24 in Rajshahi, 11 in Rangpur, six in Barishal, two died in Sylhet and five in Mymensingh divisions.
Bangladesh officially announced the presence of Covid-19 on March 8, 2020 while recorded the first death on March 18, 2020.
