Daily test positivity stands at 0.42%
Bangladesh News Desk: The health authorities in Bangladesh recorded zero deaths from Covid-19 and 7 new infections in the 24 hours to Tuesday morning.
Besides, another 278 patients recovered from the infectious disease, taking the recovery rate to 97.11%, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The latest additions took the country’s total caseload to 1,952,733 and the total number of recoveries to 1,896,279, while the death toll remains unchanged at 29,127.
A total of 1,678 samples were tested across the country during the 24-hour period, yielding a positivity rate of 0.42%.
On Monday, 10 coronavirus cases were detected in the country.
In March, the country reported 85 deaths from Covid-19 and 8,000 new cases while 66,639 patients recovered from the disease, according to DGHS.
Among the 85 deaths during the period, 44 were unvaccinated patients, 11 were vaccinated with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, 28 with the second dose and two with the third dose.
The country reported its first zero death from Covid in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 infections, since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest daily positivity rate at 33.37%reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.
Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on August 10 last year.
