Bangladesh reported two more Covid-linked deaths with the health authorities logging 260 fresh cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.

The detection of the new cases after testing 19,955 samples took the daily-case positivity rate to 1.30 per cent during the period, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

With the fresh numbers, the total fatalities rose to 28,050 while the caseload mounted to 15,81,343.

Of the 20 deaths recorded from December 13 to December, 19, 20 per cent received Covid vaccines while 80 per cent did not, the DGHS mentioned.

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Comorbidities among the deceased patients declined to 16.7 per cent this week compared to the previous one. Comorbidity means the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases or medical conditions in a patient.

Both the latest deceased were men, aged between 61 and 70, one from Dhaka division and another from Rangpur.

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

Besides, the recovery rate remained steady at 97.75 per cent with the recovery of 236 more patients during the 24-hour period.

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

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

Bangladesh reported the highest number of daily fatalities of 264 on August 5 this year, while the highest daily caseload was 16,230 on July 28 this year.