Bangladesh sees one more COVID death, six more new cases reported

Bangladesh recorded one more death from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, while six new infections were confirmed during the same period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

In a statement issued on Saturday, the DGHS said 239 samples were tested across the country over the last day, yielding a positivity rate of 2.51 percent. The deceased was from Dhaka division. This brings the total number of Covid-related deaths this year to 24.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, Bangladesh’s overall test positivity rate stands at 13.04 percent.

The country reported its first Covid-19 cases on March 8, 2020, followed by the first death on March 18 of that year. Bangladesh witnessed its deadliest days of the pandemic on August 5 and 10, 2021, when 264 fatalities were reported each day. Since 2022, both infections and deaths have steadily declined, at times dropping to zero.