Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Aug-24,

Covid related cases and fatalities in Bangladesh is seeing a downtrend as the number of deaths and cases both dropped in 24 hrs till Tuesday morning logging 114 deaths and 5,249 new cases.

The country last saw 112 Coronavirus- related deaths on June 29 and the upswing in the fatalities reached its peak on August 5 and 10 when 264 deaths were recorded.

The fresh number pushed the country’s total fatalities to 25,513 while the cases reached 1,472,964, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The fresh cases were detected after testing 34,708 samples during the last 24 hours, which reduced the daily case positivity rate to 15.12% from Monday’s 15.54 %, said the DGHS.

The recovery rate rose to 93.81%, but the case fatality remained unchanged at 1.73 % compared to the same period.

Among the new deaths, 42 died in Dhaka division, 29 in Chattogram,13 in Khulna, nine  in Sylhet, six each in Rajshahi, and Rangpur, five in Barishal and  four in Mymensingh divisions. Of them, 56 were male and 58 female.

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