One more dies of Covid, 39 dengue cases reported

One more person died of Covid-19 and 166 fresh cases were recorded in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, reports UNB.
With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,455 and caseload to 2,041,132, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case test positivity rate increased to 9.74 per cent from Thursday's 7.13 as 1, 705 samples were tested.
The recovery rate stands at 98.34 per cent. However, the death rate remains unchanged at 1.44 per cent.
Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 in 2021 and highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.
Meanwhile, thirty-nine more people were hospitalised with dengue in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, reports UNB.
Of the new patients, twenty-five were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and the rest outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Nine-hundred-sixty-two dengue patients, including 779 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.
So far, the DGHS has recorded 4, 126 dengue cases, 3, 135 recoveries, and 29 deaths this year.
The country logged 281 dengue deaths in 2022 - the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019. Also, it recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries last year.