Bangladesh’s daily Covid case count breaks record again

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Bangladesh’s daily Covid case count breaks record again with 11,651 infections
Tribune Desk
Published at 05:42 pm July 8th, 2021

199 fatalities logged in 24 hours with the daily infection rate climbing to 31.62%


Bangladesh’s coronavirus situation continues to worsen as the daily caseload hit a new high again on Thursday with the government ordering local administrations across the country to ramp up oxygen supply and increase hospital capacity.

The health authorities reported 11,651 new infections in the 24 hours to Thursday morning surpassing the previous peak of 11,525 on Tuesday. The total caseload now stands at 966,406.

Dhaka logged 4,949 cases, the highest among eight the divisions followed by Chittagong with 1,936, Khulna with 1,732 cases, and Rajshahi with 1,048....

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Covid-19: Bangladesh daily caseload breaks record 2 days in a row
Tribune Desk
Published at 05:44 pm July 12th, 2021

Bangladesh recorded 13,768 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours to 8am on Monday topping the previous highest single-day infection of 11,874 on Sunday.

Also, 220 people died in the same period taking the total number of deaths to 16,639.

With the latest development, the total number of infections rose to 1,034,957 in the country, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Dhaka division reported 68 deaths, the highest among the eight divisions, followed by Khulna with 55 deaths.

Chittagong division counted 37 deaths while Rajshahi 23, Rangpur 18, Mymensingh 13, Sylhet six, and Barisal four.

As many as 44,067 samples were tested across the country, with a positivity rate of 31.24%. The overall test positivity rate stands at 14.75%...

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Bangladesh sees alarming rise in deaths with Covid-like symptoms
Najifa Farhat
Published at 04:14 pm July 15th, 2021

Official count only includes confirmed deaths, but experts say it’s important to keep track of it to get an actual picture of the pandemic


Bangladesh is experiencing the worst bout of the pandemic now, logging more than 200 deaths almost every day over the last nine days.

However, the daily count leaves out the people who die with coronavirus symptoms, which has jumped alarmingly in recent weeks.

Public health experts say keeping track of deaths from symptoms is important to get the real picture and to prepare for a pandemic in future.

In the 24 hours to Wednesday, the Covid unit at the Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) counted 25 deaths.

Of them, only seven tested positive while 14 died with symptoms and another four died after recovering from Covid-19.

When asked about the higher number of deaths with symptoms, RMCH Brig Gen Shamim Yazdani says that most patients are hospitalized after 10 to 12 days of getting infected.

“By then, the virus is not that active and the tests come back negative. So, they are counted as patients who died with symptoms,” he told Dhaka Tribune.

Almost all the virus hotspots are now recording a higher number of deaths from “Covid symptoms” than fatalities from confirmed cases.

The daily count from districts like Khulna, Satkhira, Jessore and Chittagong showed a similar trend.

In southwestern Satkhira, 440 people have died with Covid symptoms while deaths from confirmed cases standing at 79 since the pandemic began.

The Sher-E-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barisal reported 234 fatalities from Covid and the number of deaths from symptoms is 634.

People dying with symptoms have been a major concern for healthcare officials and experts since the second wave of infections, induced by the Delta variant, has hit the country...

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Bangladesh lifts lockdown to celebrate, exasperating experts
By: Julhas Alam, The Associated Press
Posted: 11:28 PM CDT Sunday, Jul. 18, 2021
Last Modified: 2:52 AM CDT Monday, Jul. 19, 2021

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Waiting among hundreds of fellow travelers to catch a ferry out of Bangladesh's capital, unemployed construction worker Mohammed Nijam knew he was risking catching the coronavirus, but he felt it was even riskier to stay in Dhaka with another lockdown looming.

“I have to pay rent every month even though I have no work,” he said, adding that his landlord had been bothering him for money even as he was struggling just to feed himself. "I'd rather go to my village home and lead life as God lets me.”

Nijam is among the tens of millions of Bangladeshis shopping and traveling this week during a controversial eight-day pause in the country's strict coronavirus lockdown that the government is allowing for the Islamic festival Eid al-Adha. The suspension has been panned by health experts who warn it could exacerbate an ongoing surge fueled by the highly contagious delta variant, which was first detected in neighboring India.

“Already there is a scarcity of beds, ICUs, while our health care providers are exhausted," said said Be-Nazir Ahmed, a public health expert and former chief of the government’s Health Directorate. "So if the situation worsens and more patients come to hospitals, it will be near impossible to deal with the crisis.”

With the spread of the virus rampant, most everything in Bangladesh was ordered shut on July 1, from markets to mass transportation. Soldiers and border guards patrolled the streets and thousands were arrested and sent to jail for violating the lockdown.

Yet even with the new restrictions, virus deaths still hovered around 200 each day and daily infections were still around 11,000, both thought to be undercounts. On Sunday, 225 deaths and 11,758 infections were reported.

Despite the warnings from experts — and with just over 4 million of the country’s 160 million people fully vaccinated — the government announced that from July 15-23, all restrictions would be lifted and everything would be reopened so people could celebrate the festival, which is normally a boon to the economy...

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Bangladesh: COVID positivity rises to over 32 percent, strict lockdown to be reimposed from Friday morning
By DD News
International
July 22, 2021
Updated: 3 hours ago

Bangladesh is set to reimpose the ‘strict lockdown’ from 6 a.m. on Friday, 23 July, after a 8 day relaxation given from 15 July to 22 July in view of the festival of Eid-Ul-Azha.

State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain told media on Thursday that this time the lockdown will be stricter than before. Police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and military will be deployed in the country for the enforcement of the restrictions, said the Minister.

The government has decided to close all offices and factories, including the exported oriented industries and Ready Made Garment Factories (RMG) this time unlike the last lockdown when factories and RMG industries were allowed to operate.

Public Transport including road, railways, waterways and the domestic flights will remain suspended during this period. However, cargo operations and emergency services like hospitals and medical work will not be covered under the restrictions...

....The Directorate General of Health Services reported 187 deaths and 3697 new cases of corona infection on Thursday.

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Covid-19: Death toll crosses 20,000 in Bangladesh
Tribune Desk
Published at 06:55 pm July 28th, 2021

The nationwide death toll due to Covid-19 in Bangladesh has crossed the 20,000 mark, while the caseload has crossed 1.2 million.

The country's health authorities reported 237 more deaths and 16,230 new cases of the pandemic disease in the 24 hours between 8am Tuesday and 8am Wednesday, according to the daily Covid-19 bulletin released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Wednesday afternoon...

...Between Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, 53,877 samples were tested at 639 labs around the country, yielding a 30.12% infection rate in 24 hours...

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Bangladesh reports 9,369 fresh cases, 218 deaths from Covid-19
Rtv news
| 31 Jul 2021, 21:09

Bangladesh today (July 31) reported 9,369 COVID-19 cases while the coronavirus claimed overnight 218 lives.

"The country reported 30.24 percent COVID-19 positive cases as 30,980 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The daily infection continued to exceed 10,000 mark for several days since July 6, " Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in its routine daily statement.

An analysis of the official data suggests that 2,559 out of 9,369 COVID-19 positive cases were detected in Dhaka city alone in the past 24 hours while the virus claimed 40 out of 218 lives in the city during the same period.

The official tally showed the virus killed 20,685 people and infected 12,49,484 so far, it added.

The recovery count rose to 10,78,212 after another 14,017 patients were discharged from the hospitals during the past one day.

The DGHS statistics showed of the people infected from the beginning 86.29 percent recovered, while 1.66 percent died...

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Covid patients suffocate due to ICU crisis in Bangladesh
Emran Hossain | Published: 23:33, Aug 04,2021 | Updated: 23:39, Aug 04,2021

The number of people watching their critically-ill family members with Covid-19 gasp for breath for days and then suffocate is growing as the supply of hi-flow oxygen stays limited to only a handful of healthcare facilities — only the ones with intensive care units.

Hi-flow oxygen is mainly accessible at the intensive care facility available in only a handful of hospitals, particularly to 1,326 beds, according to an official account.

Almost all ICU beds are filled up and a bed only becomes available after the death or recovery of its occupant but people get access to the available beds only through strong lobbying.

Bangladesh has recorded about 30 per cent test positivity for over a month with over 1.5 lakh active cases, about 12,000 of them identified critical in official account, currently in hand...

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Source: https://www.newagebd.net/article/145...-in-bangladesh


Covid claims 245 more, infects 11,463 in 24 hours in Bangladesh
Staff Correspondent | Published: 18:13, Aug 09,2021

Bangladesh recorded an additional Covid death of 245 more people and 11,463 fresh cases in 24 hours until Monday morning.

With the latest statistics, the total death toll hits 22,897 and infections to 13,65,158 since it had recorded the first Covid infection on March 8, 2020, and death from the viral disease on March 18, 2020.

The daily test positivity rate is 24.28 per cent...

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Covid-19: Bangladesh records 172 more deaths, 7,248 new cases in 24 hours
Tribune Desk
Published at 05:55 pm August 18th, 2021

Bangladesh reported 172 fresh fatalities from Covid-19 and 7,248 new infections in the 24 hours to 8am on Wednesday.

With the latest development, the total number of deaths reached 24,719, while the number of total infections rose to 1,440,644 in the country.

As many as 41,014 samples were tested across the country, with a positivity rate of 17.67%.

On the other hand, another 12,112 patients recovered from the infectious disease across the country, taking the total number of recoveries to 1,327,028.

Dhaka logged 4,152 cases, the highest among the divisions, followed by Chittagong with 1,124.

To date, more than 8.52 million tests have been conducted around the country, leading to an overall test positivity rate of 16.91%...