Bangladesh logged eight more Covid-linked deaths with 799 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning as the positivity rate kept declining.

The daily positivity rate slightly declined to 3.35 per cent from Monday’s 3.65 per cent after testing 23,883 samples during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

On Monday, Bangladesh reported four more Covid-linked deaths with 897 fresh cases.

The fresh numbers took the country’s total fatalities to 29,045 while the caseload to 19,44,376.

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

Three deaths were reported from Chattogram division while two from Rajshahi and one each from Dhaka, Mymensingh and Khulna divisions.

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

However, the recovery rate increased to 93.71 per cent with the recovery of 7,460 more patients during the 24-hour period.

Covid situation in February

In February, the country reported 643 Covid-linked deaths and 1,44,744 new cases while 2,46,452 patients recovered from the disease, according to DGHS.

Among the 643 deaths during the period, 421 were unvaccinated patients, 61 were vaccinated with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, 158 with the second dose and three with the third dose.

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.