Bangladesh registered 54 new deaths from Covid-19 in the country in the last 24 hours till Friday morning. A total of 3,883 people have been newly infected with the virus.
The number of Covid deaths in the country increased to 13,399 as per the latest update. The total number of infected patients stands at 844,970 people so far.
This information was given in a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Friday afternoon.
According to the notification, 1,955 people have recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours. So far, a total of 778,421 people have recovered. Samples of 21,373 people have been collected in the last day till Friday morning.
The detection rate as per the sample test is 18.59 percent. So far, a total of 6,288,539 samples have been tested in the country. The detection rate as per the total number of samples is 13.44 percent.
Of the 54 casualties in the last 24 hours, 15 died Chittagong division, 12 died in Dhaka, 12 in Rajshahi, 6 in Khulna, 4 in Barisal, 2 in Sylhet and 1 in Mymensingh.
Among the deceased 35 were men and 19 were women. Two victims died at home, however the rest 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 (WHO). If the patient identification rate is below 5pc for more than two consecutive weeks, the situation is considered 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.
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.
