Bangladesh government on Monday decided to extend the nationwide lockdown by one more week as the country reported record single-day COVID-19 deaths with 164 more fatalities. Additionally, Bangladesh also reported its single highest daily cases with 9,964 infections on Monday. The previous highest toll was 153 and the number of infection cases was 8,822, recorded on July 4 and June 30 respectively. Bangladesh started witnessing the fresh surge in Covid cases in June when officials said the deadly Delta variant of the virus was engulfing districts bordering India. However, they were forced to enforce a nationwide lockdown last week, closing all offices and businesses, ordering vehicles to stay off the roads and suspending train movements and domestic flight services.

Source: Mint July 05, 2021 13:41 UTC