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Bangladesh: Epidemiological Highlights Week 11 (14-20 March 2022)

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Highlights: COVID-19

As of week 11, (14-20 Mar ) 2022 there were 5,889 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), out of 95,224 samples that had been submitted for testing. The total positivity rate now stands at 6.2%

In the reporting week, forty-three (43) new confirmed cases were detected out of 907 total samples tested.
This translated to a 4.7% Test Positivity Rate (TPR) which is up from the 3.8% reported the week before.

As of this week (week 11)

• 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 55% 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; C17-403, C24-385, C2W-368, C4-362, and C3-334

• No new death was reported in this Epi week.
Total confirmed COVID-19 deaths so far reported to date stands at 42 with the average case fatality ratio of 0.7%

• The weekly incidence was 50.0 cases/1 million population in this Epi week which is 8% higher in comparison with the previous week.