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Bangladesh: Epidemiological Highlights Week 6 (7-13 Feb 2022)

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Highlights: COVID-19

As of week 6, (7-13 Feb 2022) there were 5,133 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), out of 89,590 samples that had been submitted for testing. The total positivity rate now stands at 5.7%.

In the reporting week, five hundred eighty-eight (588) new confirmed cases were detected out of 1,498 total samples tested. This translated to a 39.3% Test positivity Rate (TPR) which is up from 44.5% reported the previous week.

As of this week (week 6)

  • Median age of tested and confirmed cases were 11 (0-120) and 21 (0-100) years respectively

  • Proportion of females among tested and confirmed cases were 54% and 53% respectively

  • All the 34 camps, have so far reported confirmed cases since the outbreak began, while the five camps with the highest number of reported cases were; C17-347, C4-329, C24-326, C2W-324, and C3-298

  • One new death was reported in this Epi week. Total confirmed COVID-19 deaths so far reported to date stands at 36 with the average case fatality ratio of 0.7%

  • The weekly incidence was 683.9 cases/1 million population in this Epi week which is substantially higher in comparison with the previous week.