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| Burying the body of a man who died due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a graveyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh, |
Three days after Bangladesh saw a record in daily Covid deaths it witnessed another on Sunday with 153 fatalities reported in the 24 hours till 8:00am on the day while the country’s overall death toll from the disease has topped the 15,000 mark.
The number of Sunday’s infections was also the highest in four days, with 8,661 people infected with the novel coronavirus during the same period as the Delta variant has become the dominant strain in circulation across the country.
The Covid-19 crisis in Bangladesh is showing no signs of improvement after four days of hard lockdown, as the country crosses the grim milestone of 15,000 deaths, while setting a new record for the highest fatalities in 24 hours - all on the same day.
The new record surpassed the previous high of 143, which was recorded on Thursday.
The newest 1,000 deaths occurred in just nine days, showing the severity of the situation right now.
Khulna division, the current Covid-19 hotspot, reported 51 deaths - the highest among the eight divisions, followed by Dhaka with 46 deaths.
Among the deceased, 96 are men and 57 women.
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