With Coronavirus and its new variant posing a real danger to the public health in Bangladesh, the country came up with another shocking figure of 261 fresh deaths on Thursday. This is the second-highest single day deaths from the viral disease in Bangladesh as Covid-19, fueled by the deadly Delta variant, continues to wreak havoc in the country. The country has been reporting over 200 single-day fatalities for the last two weeks as it races to head off a surge in Covid-19 cases driven by the unrelenting Delta variant. After weathering the first wave of the virus, Bangladesh's hospitals are almost overwhelmed. The country registered 8,136 new cases on Saturday after testing 31,714 samples. It reported the highest daily Covid-19 fatality of 264 on August 5 and 16,230 infections on July 28. As more people are falling sick with Covid-19 and dying, hospitals in Dhaka and other cities are running out of beds. There have been 1,343,396 infections and 22,411 coronavirus-related deaths here since the pandemic began, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. Meanwhile, the daily test positivity rate fell to 25.65 % from 26.25% on Friday, while the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 5% or below rate. However, the recovery rate rose to 88.89 % from 87.81% with  16,383 patients recovering from Covid-19 during this time. Also read: Covid vaccine seekers overwhelm Suhrawardy Hospital; chaos all around Besides, the case fatality too increased to 1.67% in the last 24 hours. Of the recent deaths, 101 people died in Dhaka alone, the highest ever in the division. Deaths in Bangladesh’s capital on a single day crossed the grim landmark of 100 for the first time since the pandemic began.

Grappling with the worst coronavirus wave spurred by the highly contagious Delta variant, Bangladesh reported 264 more deaths in 24 hours till Thursday morning, shattering all the previous records. The country saw the highest-ever 258 Covid deaths on July 27 before that. Besides, 12,744 people came out positive with the virus after the test of 46,995 samples during the 24-hour period, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The fresh numbers took the total fatality to 21,905 while the caseload to 1,322,654. The case positivity rate during the period fell slightly to 27.12% from Wednesday’s 27.91%, while the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 5% or below rate. The country has been seeing over 14,000 cases and 230 deaths every day on average for the last seven days. The recovery rate, however, rose to 87.47%, with the recovery of 15,786 people during the period. However, the case fatality rose to 1.66% again from yesterday’s 1.65% during the same period, the DGHS added. Also read: Covid-19: Bangladesh announces new restriction rules Dhaka division remained the worst hit region, logging 87 deaths followed by 56 in Chattogram, 35 in Khulna, 23 in Sylhet, 19 in Rajshahi, 18 in Rangpur, 12 in Rajshahi, 16 in Barishal and 10 in Mymensingh divisions. Of them, 140 were men and 164 were women.