Bangladesh logged 29 more Covid-linked deaths with 8,345 fresh cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning.

The daily positivity rate slightly declined to 21.50 from Saturday’s 23.83 percent after testing 38,247 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

On Saturday, Bangladesh reported 36 more Covid-linked deaths with 8,359 fresh cases.

The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 28,589 while the caseload mounted to 1,861,532.

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Among the new deceased, 15 were men and 14 women.

Fourteen of the deaths were reported in Dhaka division while four each in Chattogram and Khulna, three in Rangpur, two each in Mymensingh, and one each in Rajshahi and Sylhet divisions.

Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained static at 1.54 percent.

However, the recovery rate slightly increased to 86.09 percent with the recovery of 8,159 more patients during the 24-hour period.

In January, the country reported 322 Covid-linked deaths and 2,13,294 new cases while 19,112 recovered from the disease, according to the DGHS.

On January 28, Bangladesh logged its earlier highest daily positivity rate at 33.37% reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.

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On December 9 last year, Bangladesh again logged zero Covid-related death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was apparently showing signs of easing.

The country reported this year’s first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 last year along with 178 infections since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.

Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on August 10 last year.