Bangladesh reported 10 more Covid-linked deaths with 8,407 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning following an alarming rise in its infection rate.
The positivity rate in the country jumped to 23.98 per cent from Monday’s 20.88 per cent after testing 35,054 samples, according to the Directorate general of health Services (DGHS).
Bangladesh last logged 8,456 cases and 197 deaths on August 13, last year with a positivity rate of 20.83% per cent in 24 hours.
The country is currently seeing a surge of Covid-19 cases as health authorities registered 46,885 infections in the last 17 days since January 1.
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