Bangladesh sees rising trend in Covid cases

Bangladesh reported 892 more Covid-19 infections with three more deaths in 24 hours as of Wednesday morning. The country’s daily cases crossed 800 on 1 October with the logging of 847 cases and 21 deaths, reports UNB.

With the detection of fresh cases after testing 21,302 samples, the daily case positivity rose to 4.20 per cent from Tuesday’s 3.91 per cent during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 28,090 while the caseload mounted to 15, 88,807. Meanwhile, the recovery rate further declined to 97.57 per cent with the recovery of 212 more patients during the 24-hour period.

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

Besides, Bangladesh’s total tally of Omicron cases stood at 10 with detection of three cases on Friday, according to GISAID, a global initiative on sharing all influenza data.