Bangladesh registered four more deaths from Covid-19 with 1,728 new cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning amid rapid surge in new infections.
The fresh numbers took the country's total caseload to 1,984,700 and the total fatalities to 29,185, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case positivity rate rose to 16.89% from Tuesday’s 16.74% as 10,175 samples were tested during the period, said the DGHS.
Among the deceased, two each were men and women. Of them, three were from Dhaka and another from Chittagong division.
On Tuesday, the country recorded seven Covid-linked deaths with 1,998 cases.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.47%. The recovery rate declined to 96.23% from Tuesday’s 96.28% as 526 patients recovered during this period.
In June, the country reported 18 Covid-linked deaths and 20,201 new cases, according to the DGHS.
The country reported its first zero Covid death in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 cases, since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.
The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.
