Dhaka, Feb 14 (UNB): Bangladesh recorded eight more Covid-19-related deaths and 326 fresh cases in the last 24 hours till Sunday morning, showing a little bit of rise in infection rate.
With the fresh figures, the death toll from the Coronavirus in the country rose to 8,274 and the caseload to 540,592, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
In a handout, the DGHS said the daily coronavirus infection rate in Bangladesh rose to 2.53 percent from Saturday’s 2.26 percent. The overall infection rate is now 14.05 percent.
The mortality rate stood at 1.53 percent on Sunday the handout said adding that 487,229 patients (90.13 pc) have so far recovered from the virus infection so far.
As of now, 3,848,116 samples have been tested, including 12,900 in the past 24 hours.
Bangladesh reported its first Coronavirus cases on March 8 and the first death on March 18 last year.
Coronavirus vaccination in Bangladesh
The government launched a countrywide Covid-19 vaccination drive on February 7.
Doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine that Bangladesh brought from India’s Serum Institute have been sent to hospitals across the country to make the inoculation drive a success.
Physicians and nurses have been trained to carry out the vaccination drive. So far, top government officials, Cabinet members, judges, policemen, along with general people, have received the vaccine.
On February 8, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina instructed the authorities concerned to bring down the age limit from 55 years to 40 to widen the drive.
After the first dose, the second one has to be taken within 8 to 12 weeks.
Global Covid Situation
Meanwhile, the global Covid-19 case tally has surpassed 108 million.
According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) data, the case count reached 108,576,068, including 2,394,694 deaths on Sunday morning.
The US remained the worst-hit country with 27,575,344 cases and 484,248 fatalities, according to the JHU.
Brazil, the largest economy in Latin America, has the world’s second-highest Covid death toll after the US, and the third-largest outbreak following the US and India.
Brazil has registered 238,532 deaths and 9,809,754 cases so far, as per the university data.
Meanwhile, neighbouring India has so far recorded 10,904,940 Covid cases and 155,642 deaths, its health ministry said.
