Covid-19 in Bangladesh claimed 17 more lives and infected 1,178 others in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, showing a slight decline in the number of fatalities and cases compared to that of the previous day.

On Tuesday, the country logged 31 Covid deaths and 1,310 cases while 21 on Sunday, the lowest in four months.

The fresh cases were detected after testing 28,599 samples.

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The daily case positivity rate declined to 4.12 percent from Tuesday’s 4.49, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

With this, the daily case positivity rate of Covid-19 in the country remained below 5 percent for the eighth consecutive day.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), if the daily-case positivity rate remains at 5 percent or below for 14 days it is considered to be safe for mass unlocking.

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The fresh numbers took the total fatalities to 27,487 while the caseload mounted to 15,55,051, said the DGHS.

However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 percent. The recovery rate slightly declined to 97.42 percent with the recovery of 1,086 more patients during the period.

So far, 15,14,962 people have recovered from the deadly virus infections, the DGHS added.