Bangladesh again sees highest Covid-19 infections with 8,822 cases

Bangladesh saw the highest number of Covid-19 infections with 8,822 new cases identified within 24 hours till Wednesday 8am.
 
Meanwhile, 115 more deaths from the deadly virus were recorded, the fourth consecutive day the country registered over 100 deaths. 
 
The country had also registered 100 plus Covid-19 deaths for four days in a row in April this year.

Earlier on Monday the country also saw a single-day highest for Covid-19 infections with 8,364 cases. 
 
In the country, the total number of positive cases now stands at 9,13,258 while the death toll reaches 14,503.
 
In the latest day, a total 35,105 samples were tested in 565 labs across the country, according to a media statement issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
 
The positivity rate in the latest day was at 25.13%. 

Among the latest day's victims, 72 were men, and 43 were women. Of them, 106 died while undergoing treatment in different hospitals across the country while nine at home.

The highest deaths on the day were recorded in Khulna division with 30 demises followed by 23 deaths each in Chattogram and Rasjhahi. 
 
Besides, 17 people died of the disease in Dhaka division, 11 in Rangpur, six in Mymensingh, three in Sylhet and two in Barishal.
 
Covid infections rising sharply: DGHS

The Directorate General of Health Services yesterday expressed its worry over the rising infections, deaths and positivity rate across the country. 

The Covid-19 situation turned alarming as the numbers of cases and deaths and the test positivity rate are rising at a fast pace, said DGHS spokesperson Dr Nazmul Islam.

To curb the spread of the pandemic and check deaths, the testing programme which the government sped up in recent days must continue, he added.