Bangladesh registered 67 new deaths from Covid-19 in the country in the last 24 hours till Saturday morning. Some 3,057 people have been newly identified to be infected with the virus during this period of time.
The number of Covid deaths in the country increased to 13,466 as per the latest update. So far the total number of infected patients stands at 8,48,027, according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Saturday afternoon.
According to the notification, 1,725 people have recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours. So far a total of 7,80,146 people have recovered. Some16,964 samples was tested in last 24 hours till Saturday morning.
The detection rate as per the sample test is 18.02 percent. So far, a total of 6,35,503 samples have been tested in the country. The detection rate as per the total number of samples is 13.45 percent.
Of the 67 casualties in the last 24 hours, 24 were from Khulna division.14 died in Dhaka, 8 in Rajshahi, 11 in Chattogram, 6 in rangpur, 1 in Sylhet and 1 in Mymensingh.
34 were men and 33 were women. 1 victim died at home, however everyone else died at the hospital.
Whether the spreading of the virus is under control in a country depends on some indicators set by the World Health Organization. One of them is the patient identification rate. If the patient identification rate is below 5pc for more than two consecutive weeks, the situation is considered to be under control.
From the beginning to the end of February this year, the detection rate was below 3pc. Two months later, on March 10, the daily affected crossed a thousand people once again. Since then, daily cases have been increasing.
Public health experts believe that the situation is deteriorating in the second wave of corona infections in the country. As the affected increased, the government issued a 16-point directive on March 29 with some restrictions. One of them is the use of a mask when going out of the house. However, despite the alarming rise in infections, people are still reluctant to follow hygiene rules. Public health experts instruct that there is no substitute for hygiene, including wearing masks.
