Dhaka: An appalling record number of 13,768 Covid cases was reported in Bangladesh while 220 people lost the battle to the deadly virus in 24 hours till Monday morning. It reports record-high 13,768 Covid cases
The new numbers took the country’s caseload to 1,034,957 while the death tally to 16,639, according to a handout provided by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Just a day before, the country saw a record-high 11,856 cases on Sunday.
The fresh cases were detected after testing 44,067 samples which takes the country’s daily case positivity rate to 31.24% from Sunday’s 29.67%, said the DGHS.
The fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.61% during the period.
