Bangladesh logged 8 more Covid-linked deaths with 759 fresh cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning as the positivity rate kept declining.

The country saw below 1,000 daily cases after more than a month as the country last logged 892 cases with three deaths on January 5 this year.

The daily positivity rate slightly declined to 4.15 per cent from Friday’s 5.48 per cent after testing 18,305 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

On Friday, Bangladesh reported 11  Covid-linked deaths with 1,406 fresh cases.

The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 29,024 while the caseload to 19,41,816.

Among the new deceased, five were men and three were women.

Three deaths were reported from Chattogram division while two each from Dhaka and Rangpur and  one from Khulna division.

Meanwhile, the mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent.

However, the recovery rate  increased to 92.72 per cent with the recovery of 7,343 more patients during the 24-hour period.

On January 28, Bangladesh logged its earlier highest daily positivity rate at 33.37 per cent reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.

On December 9 last year, Bangladesh again logged zero Covid-related death after nearly three weeks as the pandemic was apparently showing signs of easing.

The country reported first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 last year along with 178 infections since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.

Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on August 10 last year.