Bangladesh sees record 201 single-day COVID deaths as cases surge

A total of 11,162 people diagnosed with the disease in 24 hours, taking the total tally to 9,77,568 on Wednesday.

Bangladesh reported 201 COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, the highest single-day toll since the pandemic started in March last year. It was for the first time that the death toll had crossed the 200-mark in a 24-hour cycle in the South Asian nation of some 165 million people, taking the total death count to 15,593. The previous single-day high of 164 deaths was recorded on Monday. The first week of July saw 1,090 deaths, which is also the highest in any week during the pandemic in the country.