Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, July-17,

As Bangladesh continues to struggle with the deadlier 2nd wave of Covid-19, the country lost 204 more lives in 24 hours till  Saturday morning.

The virus also infected 8,489 others during the period.

The new figures took the death tally to 17,669 and caseload to 10,92,411, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). 

The fresh cases were detected after testing 29,214 samples during the period which took the positivity rate to 29.06% from Friday’s  28.96 % .

However, the fatality rate remained unchanged at 1.61% during the period.

Bangladesh logged 187 deaths and  12,148 fresh cases on Friday.

The country saw a record number of 13,768 Covid cases on Monday last  and the highest-ever 230 deaths on Sunday.