IT Correspondent
Dhaka, Sep 25:
Bangladesh’s overall COVID-19 positivity rate, confirmed cases per 100 tests, is 18.95 percent. The rate has been on the decline over the recent weeks.
The Directorate General of Health Services said that 12,900 samples were tested across the country in the 24-hour period and 11.94 percent of them were found COVID-19 positive.
Bangladesh on March 8 confirmed its first COVID-19 cases and the first death on March 18. The country is now in the 29th week of its coronavirus outbreak.
The positivity rate is 12.17 percent in the ongoing week while it was 12.03 percent in the 28th week, 12.80 percent in the 27th week, 15.89 percent in the 26th week, 17.35 percent in the 25th week, and 20.06 percent in the 24th week.
The fatality rate, deaths per 100 confirmed cases, has been, however, increasing over the recent weeks.
The rate is 1.98 percent in the ongoing 29th week, was 1.86 percent in the 28th week, 2.04 percent in the 27th week, 1.65 percent in the 26th week, 1.83 percent in the 25th week, and 1.56 percent in the 24th week.
The country’s 50 percent COVID-19 deaths occurred in the past 69 days, with over 36 deaths per day on average, while it was 19 deaths per day in the first 133 days.
