Covid claims seven more lives, infects over thousand

Bangladesh on Thursday reported 1140 Covid-19 cases while the virus claimed seven more lives till 8:00am, according to regular bulleting of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

With today’s fresh infected patients, Bangladesh logged 4,920 infections in the last seven days, reports UNB.

With the detection of fresh cases after testing 23,435 samples, the daily-case positivity rose to 4.86 per cent from Wednesday’s 3.20 per cent during the period, according to the DGHS.

The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 28,097 while the caseload mounted to 15,89,947.

Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 per cent during the period.

Besides, the recovery rate further declined to 97.51 per cent with the recovery of 196 more patients during the 24-hour period.