Covid Deaths: Country sees lowest daily death toll in nine months

Bangladesh yesterday recorded seven coronavirus deaths, the lowest daily count since early May.

"Seven more Covid-19 patients died in the last 24 hours [till yesterday morning], increasing the death toll to 8,094," read a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The recovery count rose to 478,960 after another 414 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the period, the press release added.

It said the tally of infections has surged to 534,407 as 454 new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours.

A total of 12,075 samples were tested at 204 authorised laboratories across the country during the time.

Of the total sample tests in those 24 hours, 3.76 percent tested positive, while 14.73 percent cases were detected from the total tests conducted so far, the release read.

Among the total infections, 89.62 percent patients have recovered, while 1.51 percent died so far since the first Covid-19 positive cases were reported in the country on March 8.

Among the seven deaths, six are male and one is female the press release read, adding that one is in his 40s, one in his 50s while five are above 60 years.

According to the division-wise data, three deaths took place in the Dhaka division, and rests are in other divisions.

Among the total 8,094 fatalities, 4,507 deaths occurred in the Dhaka division, 1,488 in Chattogram division, 461 in Rajshahi division, 549 in Khulna division, 243 in Barishal division, 301 in Sylhet division, 356 in Rangpur division, and 189 in Mymensingh division, according to the press release.

A total of 3,627,413 samples have so far been tested since the detection of the first Covid-19 cases in the country.