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A mobile court has fined 32 people in the district for not wearing masks amid an alarming surge of Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh.
The dawn-to-dusk drive was conducted in nine upazilas of the district on Friday.
The mobile court led by additional district magistrate Mohammad Shahinuzzaman collected Tk 5,200 in fines from the 32 violators of Covid-safety protocols.
The government has asked all people to abide by the health guidelines to prevent the spread of the deadly virus.
Bangladesh confirmed its first cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18, but it has been seeing a sharp rise in both new cases and deaths in recent months.
Bangladesh added 197 fatalities to its national tally on Friday as horrific Covid hospitalisations and deaths continue to soar.
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The country is averaging 200-plus single-day fatalities for the past three weeks. After weathering the first wave of the pandemic, Bangladesh is now yet to see any tangible signs of improvement in the situation.
However, the country is now reporting 10,602 new cases on an average each day – 73% of the peak.
Bangladesh also recorded 8,465 new cases on Friday after testing 40,641 samples, down from 12,606 logged a week earlier on August 6.
The country reported the highest daily Covid-19 fatalities – 264 – on August 5 and 10, and 16,230 infections on July 28.
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Bangladesh has been experiencing a surge of Covid-related cases and deaths since June 2021.