DHAKA, Apr 11 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported its sixth straight day without any COVID-19 deaths yesterday, the longest stretch without any fatalities from the virus in about a month, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
The country reported 42 cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, up from 28 on Saturday, and no deaths for six consecutive days.
The latest addition took the country’s case tally to 1,952,065, while the death toll remained unchanged at 29,123.
Also, 707 COVID-19 patients were cured during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,888,640, the DGHS data showed.
Bangladesh reported its first three COVID-19 cases on Mar 8, 2020, and the first death on Mar 18 the same year.
According to official data, the COVID-19 fatality rate in Bangladesh is now 1.49 percent and the current recovery rate 96.75 percent.
The country’s latest COVID-19 situations cemented optimism that Bangladesh has contained a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections since earlier this year, by strengthening its vaccination drive.
Bangladesh launched its COVID-19 vaccination programme in Jan, last year, to contain the pandemic that has spread across the country.
Subsequently, the government halted administering the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, after India suddenly banned vaccine exports.
Later, in June, 2021, the vaccination drive resumed in parts of the country, with the China-donated Sinopharm vaccines.– NNN-BSS
