Covid cases keep rising

Bangladesh is seeing a continuous rise in the number of daily Covid-19 infection cases as it recorded 1,051 fresh ones in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Six more coronavirus-related deaths were reported during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Though the daily infection rate fell slightly to 5.82 percent from 5.98 percent on Wednesday, the number of patients rose to 1,051 yesterday from Wednesday's 1,018.

The mortality rate also came down to 1.53 percent from 1.54 percent for the past few weeks, the DGHS said in a handout.

With the latest figures, the Covid-19 fatalities climbed to 8,502 and the total infections to 554,156, the handout added.

Besides, it said, 1,307 people recovered from the virus infections during the period. So far, 507,920 patients -- 91.66 percent -- have recovered.

Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020, and the first death on March 18 in the same year.

Health authorities have so far tested 4,216,028 samples, including 18,058 in the past 24 hours.