The Covid-19 death toll reached 5,500 as the health directorate reported 23 deaths in the past 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.
The daily death toll was at its peak between June and August, shows DGHS data, with June 30 seeing the highest, 64, number of deaths.
This daily figure has largely been below 30 from the beginning of September till date.
A health expert said the transmission of coronavirus continues with no intervention and may accelerate as the cold season approaches.
The total number of confirmed cases rose to 3,77,073 as the DGHS reported 1,203 new infections in the same 24 hours yesterday.
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Against 10,859 tests in 109 Covid-19 laboratories across the country yesterday, the positivity rate was 11.08 percent.
"The daily positivity rate has come down to 12 percent naturally. So, the transmission may or may not increase in the coming days as there is no intervention," Prof Nazrul Islam, member of the National Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19
Coming down heavily on the health authorities, the former vice chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), said, "Now, there are no programmes to ensure people are wearing masks, maintaining physical distance, and washing hands frequently.
"On the contrary, we are not getting the right information in this regard."
Among yesterday's 23 deceased, who all died in hospitals, 15 were males and eight females.
Of the deceased, two were aged between 41-50 years, five aged between 51-60 years, and the rest 16 were above 60 years of age.
Four of the deceased were from the Chattogram division, while the remaining 19 were from Dhaka, added the press release.
In 24 hours till yesterday morning, 1,453 Covid-19 patients have recovered; this raised the total number of recoveries to 2,91,365, and the recovery rate to 77.27 percent.
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