Bangladesh has registered 119 deaths from COVID-19 in a day, the highest since the start of the pandemic, taking the total death toll from the disease to 14,172.
The new record surpassed the nation’s previous peak at 112, reported on Apr 19, reports bdnews24.com.
A division-wide breakdown showed Khulna, a recent hotspot, had the highest number of deaths on record, with 32. Dhaka saw 24 deaths, while Chattogram and Rajshahi logged 22 deaths each.
Meanwhile, another 5,268 new cases were logged in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of infections to 888,406, according to the latest government released on Sunday.
The division-wide data showed Dhaka with the highest daily COVID tally, registering 1,648 cases. Khulna saw 1,202 cases, followed by Rajshahi at 962.
Nationwide, another 3,249 people recovered from the illness, bringing the total number of recoveries to 804,103.
As many as 24,400 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 21.59 per cent.
The latest figures put the recovery rate at 90.51 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.60 per cent.
Globally, about 180.8 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and nearly 3.92 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
