Bangladesh has registered 40 more Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours until Wednesday morning, showing a rise in the number of daily deaths than the previous day. With the news deaths the national tally reached at 12,045 on Wednesday. The country witnessed 33 deaths on Tuesday. Bangladesh has been seeing below 60 daily deaths for a week after recording over 100 fatalities on several occasions in April. However, the mortality rate rose to 1.55 percent, according to a handout of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Besides, 1,140 new cases were detected after testing of 15,296 samples, pushing up the caseload to 777,397. Bangladesh has so far carried out 5,677,222 tests.The daily infection rate fell slightly to 7.45 percent from Tuesday’s 8.67 percent. Bangladesh was experiencing a surge in Covid-19 cases in April and the daily cases came down to below 2000 since May 1. DGHS said 2,928 patients recovered in the past 24 hours, taking the recovery rate to 92.39 percent. Also Read: Covid-19: Bangladesh sees 41 deaths in 24 hours, lowest in 39 days The country reported its first coronavirus cases on March 8 last year and the first death on the 18th of that month. Dhaka worst-hit region Dhaka has remained the worst-hit division, recording 6,972 fatalities or 57.88 percent of the total deaths until now. Of the total daily deaths, sixteen deaths have been reported from Dhaka alone while 13 from Chattogrram. Extended lockdown The lockdown imposed on April 4 to contain the spread of coronavirus has been extended till May 16 as the government continues to discourage people from travelling to their village homes. Officials of all government, semi-government autonomous and private organisations, banks and financial institutions have been asked to remain at their respective workstations during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr holidays. Inter-district transport services have remained closed while intra-district transport services were allowed to operate ensuring health guidelines. Launch and train services remain off. Also Read: 500 thousand doses of China’s gifted vaccine arrive in Bangladesh But the restrictions could not deter people from travelling to their village homes ignoring health risks. Vaccination drive Bangladesh launched its vaccination drive on February 7 with Oxford-AstraZeneca doses purchased from India's Serum Institute. The government signed an agreement with Serum for 30 million doses. But a record number of cases in India has made the delivery of the doses uncertain. The administering of the first dose has remained suspended since April 26. Also, the country, the prime recipient of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines, has suspended the registration for Covid-19 jabs due to vaccine shortage amid a delay in the timely arrival of shipments from India. In the last 24 hours, 10 people have received the first dose of the vaccine while 97,337 have received the second dose, said the health directorate. Also Read: Nothing to be worried about vaccines: FM Vaccine arrives from China Covid-19 vaccine doses, donated by the Chinese government to Bangladesh, arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday morning. Since the outbreak of the pandemic last year, China and Bangladesh have been supporting and assisting each other to fight together against the pandemic. China has donated and is donating vaccines to 80 developing countries with urgent needs, and has provided support under COVAX for the emergency use of vaccines in developing countries.

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 7,981 as the country’s health authorities recorded 15 more coronavirus-related deaths in 24 hours till Friday morning.

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities soared to 7,883 as the health authorities confirmed 21 more deaths in 24 hours until Saturday.

The announcement of the first fully-approved vaccines for COVID-19, the disease at the heart of probably the most pervasive pandemic the world has ever known, came as the proverbial light at the end of a long and particularly dark and death-filled tunnel. Pretty soon however, we learned those first ones (not counting Sputnik, the Russian contribution that presented a different set of problems) were not for everyone. We watched as the light eventually turned into a train, and then as it blew right by us. But it was hardly reason to be discouraged, because ours was on its way.

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities soared to 7,849 on Thursday as the health authorities confirmed 16 more deaths and 813 new cases in 24 hours. The national caseload stands at 525,723 with 470,405 recoveries, according to a hando

With 890 new Covid-19 patients detected in the last 24 hours the total number of infections in the country rose to  524,910 until Wednesday .

Covid-19 has claimed 17 more lives and infected 978 more people in 24 hours across the country until Wednesday morning.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday hoped that the country will get rid of both coronavirus and ‘autocracy’ in the New Year , 2021.

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 7,2176 until early Friday with 25 more deaths in the past 24 hours.

Bangladesh’s Covid-19 fatalities rose to 7,192 on Thursday morning, with reports of 36 more deaths in 24 hours, the health authorities said.