The single-day death count went below 200 on Friday, with 197 deaths, after 19 days. COURTESY
Bangladesh on Saturday recorded another 178 deaths and 6,885 cases in 24 hours. The health authorities had reported 197 deaths from Covid-19 on Friday, after 19 days (July 24; 195). The country's single-day death toll went below 178 on July 23 (166). Since then, it has been on a rise.
With Saturday's count, the death toll in the country rose to 23,988 and the subtotal case tally stands at 1,412,218.
The latest figures were published by the Directorate General of Health Services via a press release issued on Saturday.
The single-day death count went below 200 on Friday, with 197 deaths, after 19 days.
Meanwhile, the test positivity rate has gone down to 20.66pc, after 46 days. The test positivity rate on June 28 was 20.4% and on June 29, it was 21.1pc.
While the numbers have been declining for the last two days, the national advisory committee on Covid-19 (NTAC) has expressed concern regarding the decision to relax the restrictions so early.
Another 7,805 patients recovered from the virus, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,281,328. The recovery rate stands at 90.73pc.
Between Friday to Saturday, 109 male and 69 female patients died of Covid-19. Sixty-five died in Dhaka division, 45 in Chattogram, 14 in Rajshahi, 23 in Khulna, seven in Barishal, 11 in Sylhet, six in Rangpur, and five in Mymensingh divisions.
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