Published in: The Daily Star
Date: 12 August, 2021

Two hundred and fifteen people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The total number of Covid-19 deaths in the country now stands at 23,613 and the death rate stands at 1.69 percent.

At least 10,126 new infections were recorded during the period, taking the total number of people infected to 13,96,868, added the release.

The current positivity rate is 22.46 percent while the total positivity rate stands at 16.83 percent.

A total of 45,078 samples were tested across the country during the period.

At least 13,990 Covid-19 patients have recovered during this period.

The total number of recoveries now stands at 12,62,065 and the recovery rate at 90.35 percent.

Among the 215 deceased, 107 were men and 108 were women.

Of them, two were between 0-10 years old, one was within 11-20, nine were between 21-30, 19 between 31-40, 19 between 41-50, 56 between 51-60, 63 between 61-70, 36 within 71-80, nine between 81-90 and one was above 100 years old, added the release.

Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/health/disease/coronavirus/events-who/deaths-infections/news/237-covid-19-deaths-10420-cases-recorded-24-hours-2150091