Published in: The Daily Star
Date: 17 August, 2021

At least 174 more people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours ending at 8:00am yesterday, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services.

The death toll from coronavirus reaches 24,349 and the death rate is 1.71 percent.

At least 6,959 new infections were recorded during the period, taking the number of people infected to 1,425,861, said the release.

The current positivity rate is 21.08 percent while the overall positivity rate stands at 16.89 percent.

A total of 33,015 samples were tested across the country during the period.

At least 9,268 more Covid-19 patients recovered. The recovery rate stands at 91.31 percent.

Among the 174 deceased, 90 were men and 84 women.

Of them, one was aged between 11 and 20; three were between 21 and 30; 12 between 31 and 40; 21 between 41 and 50; 41 between 51 and 60; 52 between 61 and 70; 33 within 71-80; seven between 81 and 90; three between 91 and 100 and one was over 100 years old, added the release.

Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/health/disease/coronavirus/news/174-more-die-6959-get-covid-2153821