With millions of people still waiting to receive their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, Bangladesh reported 215 Covid-19-related deaths as health authorities came up with their 24-hour report on Thursday.
On August 5, the country reported 264 deaths shattering its previous single-day record of 258 Covid-related deaths on July 27 and it was repeated on August 10 when the country logged 268 deaths.
Besides, 10,126 more people came out Covid positive during the period after testing 45,078samples, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The fresh numbers pushed Bangladesh’s total fatalities to 23,613 and the total cases to 1,396,858.
The case positivity rate during the 24-hour period declined further to 22. 46 % from Wednesday’s 23.45 % and Tuesday’s 23.58 %, while the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a 5% or below rate.
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The recovery rate, however, rose slightly to 90.35 %, with the recovery of 13,990 people during the period, said the DGHS.
But the case fatality rate remained static at 1.69 % during the period, according to the DGHS report.
Of the deceased, 65 died in Dhaka division, 54 in Chattogram, 28 in Khulna, 22 in Sylhet, 16 in Rangpur, 12 in Barishal, 10 in Mymensingh, and eight died in Rajshahi divisions.
The number of female fatalities were more than that of male during the period, a rare phenomenon in the country.
Among the deceased, 107 were men and 108 were women.
As per their age breakup, two were between 0-10 years old, one was within 11-20, nine were between 21-30, 19 between 31-40, 19 between 41-50, 56 between 51-60, 63 between 61-70, 36 within 71-80, nine between 81-90 and one was above 100 years old.
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On a positive note, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Thursday Bangladesh is going to take the deliveries of over 1 crore more Covid-19 vaccine doses by this month which is expected to give a further boost to its inoculation drive.
“Around 54 lakh doses will arrive this week while another 50 lakh later this month," the minister said while addressing an event arranged by Bangladesh Society of Medicine at a city hotel on Thursday.
He said around 1.75 crore people have so far received Covid-19 vaccine shots and crore more have got registered to do so. “We need 26-27 crore doses of Covid vaccine. All will get vaccine jabs in phases.”