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Bangladesh: Epidemiological Highlights Week 13 (28 March- 3 April 2022)

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Highlights: COVID-19

As of week 13, (28 Mar-3 Apr) 2022 there were 5,909 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), out of 97,060 samples that had been submitted for testing. The total positivity rate now stands at 6.1%

In the reporting week, seven (7) new confirmed cases were detected out of 900 total samples tested. This translated to a 0.8% Test positivity Rate (TPR) which is down from the 1.4% reported the previous week.

As of this week (week 13)

  • 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; C17-405, C24-387, C2W-368, C4-363, and C3-337

  • 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 8.1 cases/1 million population in this Epi week which is 46% lower in comparison with the previous week.