Health authorities recorded 8,822 more Covid-19 cases in Bangladesh in 24 hours until Wednesday morning, the highest figure since the pandemic hit the country.

During the period, the country lost 115 more lives to Covid, raising the death toll to 14,503, said a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The country’s daily positivity rate rose to 25.13 percent from Tuesday’s 23.57 percent.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh’s Covid fatality rate remained static at 1.59 percent. 

The new numbers pushed the country’s caseload to 9,13,258, said the DGHS handout.

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However, 8,16,250 people have recovered from the disease so far, putting the country’s recovery rate at 89.38 percent.

Bangladesh has been seeing an alarming spike in Covid-19 deaths and cases that prompted the government to decide to enforce a strict lockdown from Thursday.

The government has issued a notification imposing restrictions on the movement of people and other activities for seven days from Thursday.

The Cabinet Division issued the notification on Wednesday which will remain in force from 6 am on July 1 till 12 am on July 7.  

According to the gazette, all the government non-government, autonomous and private offices will remain closed during the period.  

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All modes of public transport, including those of road, river, railway and air, will remain suspended during the lockdown. All the shopping malls and markets will also remain closed.