The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has flagged Dhaka and Rangamati for high Covid-19 risk as daily test positivity rates have soared over 10 per cent in a week.
The health authorities also marked six other border districts with moderate coronavirus infection rates on Wednesday, flagging the areas across the country in three categories - red, green and yellow, reports bdnews24.com.
The red zone indicates areas with high Covid-19 infection rates while the yellow and green zones include moderate and low-risk areas respectively.
The daily test positivity rate of COVID-19 infection was 10 per cent to 19 per cent in Dhaka and Rangamati in the past week, health authorities said. The rate was 5 per cent to 9 per cent in Rajshahi, Rangpur, Natore, Lalmonirhat, Dinajpur and Jashore - the areas identified as facing moderate risk.
The authorities marked 54 districts in the green zone with a positivity rate between zero and four per cent.
The infection rate turned moderate to high in Dhaka over the last week while Ragamati was a low-risk area, the authorities said.
The positivity rate also changed from mild to moderate in Rajshahi, Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Dinajpur and Jashore.