In the last 24 hours, Bangladesh has registered 164 new coronaviruses (COVID-19) deaths and 9,964 positive cases, the largest number of both fatalities and infections in a single day since the pandemic began.
“The country reported 29.30 percent COVID-19 positive cases, the highest in a single day as 34,002 samples were tested in the past 24 hours while it registered 8,822 positive cases on June 30, the second highest in a day, ” Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.
Coronavirus illnesses and deaths have continued to rise rapidly in recent days, prompting the authorities to prolong the current lockdown until midnight on July 14. The administration had already planned to enforce a seven-day nationwide lockdown until July 7 in order to stop the spread of the deadly illness.
In order to boost the mass vaccination campaign, the government decided to lower the minimum age by five years, allowing anyone aged 40 and up to obtain COVID-19 shots.
“The government has set the minimum age for receiving COVID-19 vaccines to 35 years…a notification in this regard will be issued within one or two days,” Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam told journalists today.
According to the official figure, the virus has killed 15,229 people and infected 9,54,881 people thus far.
After another 5,185 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last day, the total number of people who have recovered has risen to 8,39,082.
According to the DGHS, 87.87 percent of those who were infected from the start recovered, while 1.59 percent died.
According to the DGHS, 7,768 people died in Dhaka division, 2,833 in Chattogram division, 1,128 in Rajshahi division, 1,491 in Khulna division, 448 in Barishal division, 547 in Sylhet division, 673 in Rangpur division, and 341 in Mymensingh division.
Bangladesh’s COVID-19 verified cases crossed 5,000 on March 29, 2021, 6,000 on April 1, 2021, 7,000 on April 4, 2021, and 8,000 on June 24, 2021, according to the DGHS.
