Bangladesh has experienced a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases again in the 24 hours till 8am Friday.
Although the country reported zero Covid-19 death in the past 24 hours, it recorded 433 coronavirus positive cases during the period, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The positivity rate surged to 6.27 percent on the day after 6905 samples were tested across the country, which was the highest in the last three and half months. Earlier, on February 23 the positivity rate was reported at 6.77 percent.
However, the number of Covid-19 cases crossed 100 on Sunday for the first time in 67 days.
Urging the people to be cautions, Health Minister Zahid Maleque has recently said that Covid-19 infections have been increasing in the country again.
“Covid-19 infection has increased a little in the country. Be careful. Masks should be worn, and social distancing be maintained,” he said during a meeting regarding the automation of the private medical and dental admission process on Monday.
The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,131 people and infected 1,954,243 so far, the statement added.
The recovery count rose to 1,905,711 after another 93 patients were discharged from the dedicated hospitals during the past one day.
From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.46 percent Covid-19 patients recovered among the infected people while 1.49 percent died, the DGHS statistics showed.
Among the 29,131 fatalities, 12,801 were from Dhaka division, 5,863 from Chattogram, 2,142 from Rajshahi, 3,718 from Khulna, 982 from Barishal, 1,328 from Sylhet, 1,417 from Rangpur and 880 from Mymensingh.
