Bangladesh logged another 12 deaths from the coronavirus and 3,359 fresh infections in the 24 hours up to 8am on Thursday.
A total of 27,920 samples were tested across the country with a positivity rate of 12.03%.
The fresh numbers took the country’s death toll to 28,123 and the total caseload to 1,604,664.
As many as 302 people have recovered from the disease taking the total recoveries to 1,551,955.
The mortality rate declined to 1.75 per cent during the 24-hour period while the recovery rate increased to 96.72 per cent.
Among the new deceased, six were men and six women. Eight of them were reported from Dhaka division while one each died in Chattogram, Khulna, Barishal and Mymensingh divisions.
The country last logged 3,436 cases on September 2 last year along with 88 deaths in 24 hours while the positivity rate was 10.40 per cent.
Omicron
Bangladesh’s total tally of Omicron cases reached 30 with detection of nine more cases on Monday, according to GISAID, a global initiative on sharing all influenza data.
On December 9 last year, Bangladesh again logged zero Covid-related death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was apparently showing signs of easing.
The country reported this year’s first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 last year along with 178 infections since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
Bangladesh reported the highest number of daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 last year, while the highest daily caseload was 16,230 on July 28 last year.
Dhaka division reports highest deaths
About 43.68 per cent of the total Covid-linked deaths in the country were reported from the Dhaka division, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
DGHS spokesperson Dr Robed Amin said this at a briefing on Covid-19 on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Chattogram division has occupied the second position with 20 per cent of Covid deaths while Khulna reported 12.88 per cent deaths, Rajshahi 7.35 per cent, Barisal 3.38 per cent and Mymensingh the lowest 3.02 per cent.
Meanwhile, health authorities have designated Dhaka and Rangamati as ‘red zones’, following an exponential rise in Covid infections in the two districts.
The infection rate in Dhaka and Rangamati is 10-19 per cent, said the DGHS.
Besides, six districts, including Jashore, have been marked as ‘yellow zones’ or at "mid-level risk". The infection rate in these districts is between 5 per cent and 9 per cent, the directorate said.
On the other hand, 54 districts have been marked as 'green zones' while the sample test rates in Panchagarh and Bandarban districts are very poor.
