No end of the crisis- Again another record high covid deaths 230 in Bangladesh .

The graveyard is full of  covid dead body .

 

 

Two hundred and thirty people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services .

This is by far the highest number of deaths from Covid-19 in a single day in the country since the pandemic began last year.

 
 The health authorities reported  11,874 new  cases in 24 hours to 8am on Sunday.

The country recorded the highest number of fatalities only after two days. On Friday, it was 212 deaths.

Additionally, the number of single-day infection surpassed the previous high of 11,651 cases on Thursday.

As the country continues to reach new high of Covid deaths and cases in the past few weeks, DGHS spokesperson Robed Amin issued a warning saying the situation will take a turn for the worse in the next one week if the virus transmission cannot be brought under control.

The country recorded the highest number of fatalities only after two days. On Friday, it was 212 deaths.

Additionally, the number of single-day infection surpassed the previous high of 11,651 cases on Thursday.

With the latest development, the total number of deaths reached 15,419 while the number of total infections rose to 1,021,189 in the country, according to the latest figures by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

As the country continues to reach new high of Covid deaths and cases in the past few weeks, DGHS spokesperson Robed Amin issued a warning saying the situation will take a turn for the worse in the next one week if the virus transmission cannot be brought under control.

“The existing variant is not causing death among the elderly only but among the young people as well,” he said in DGHS’s weekly bulletin on Sunday.

Meanwhile, as many as 40,015 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 29.67%.

In terms of cases per division, Dhaka logged the highest with 4,961 cases followed by Khulna with 1,991 cases, Chittagong with 1,953, and Rajshahi with 1,153.

On the other hand, Khulna division reported 66 deaths, the highest among the eight divisions, followed by Dhaka with 56 deaths. 

Chittagong division counted 39 deaths while Rajshahi 26, Rangpur 22, Barisal and Sylhet eight each, and Mymensingh five.  

Of the 230 deceased – 133 men and 97 women – 111 were aged above 60 years, 51 aged between 51 and 60, 42 aged between 41 and 50, 19 aged between 31 and 40, and seven in the 21-30 age group.

The pandemic has so far claimed the lives of 11,508 men (70.09%) and 4,911 women (29.91%). 

The mortality rate against the total number of cases detected so far stands at 1.61%.