AMN/ WEB DESK
In the midst of the ongoing countrywide strict lockdown, Bangladesh reported the highest number of deaths in a single day due to Corona on Sunday. According to the latest data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 153 people died and 8661 new cases of COVID 19 infections were reported from across the country on Sunday.
The death toll has now reached 15,065 and the total number of infected people in the country since March last year has crossed 9.44 lakh. The number of active cases in the country has gone up to 95,955 which is over 10 percent of the total cases.
The sample positivity rate also went up to 28.99 percent on Sunday from the level of 27.39 percent on Saturday and 28.27 percent on Friday. Meanwhile, the premier medical research institute of Bangladesh Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) in its latest report on the COVID situation in the country reported that in June the Delta variant was the most dominant strain among the sample of infected persons.
It constituted 78 percent of the samples, up from 48 percent in May. While the number of patients in hospitals is increasing across the country, the spokesperson for DGHS on Sunday assured that as of now there is no shortage production and supply of oxygen for the hospitals.
He said the government is looking into media reports of deaths in some hospitals due to shortage of oxygen.