An unvaccinated snow leopard at the San Diego Zoo has contracted Covid-19.

Seventeen people died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till 8am today.

Supreme Court lawyer and former district judge ATM Golam Kibria died of Covid-19 yesterday.

Eighteen patients died while undergoing treatment at the Covid units of five Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

The Covid pandemic has entered a phase where hospitals across the country are being pushed to their limits.

The government has asked providers to boost oxygen supplies and made plans to reign in excessive wastage of the life-saving gas in hospitals and install Pressure Swing Absorption oxygen generators in facilities with no central oxygen system.

Public and vehicular movement increased on the streets of Dhaka and elsewhere yesterday on the first weekday after the Eid-ul-Azha holidays and the third day of the countrywide lockdown.

Watching his father die without oxygen support while suffering from a cardiac condition last year, young Taher Mahmud Tarif resolved to build a device to prevent any more such tragic deaths.

The government is planning to inoculate one crore people with Covid-19 vaccines each month, says Health minister Zahid Maleque.

There will be no space left in the hospitals for patients if the Covid-19 infections continue to rise, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque today.

Two hundred and twenty-eight people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The Covid-19 infection rate was still high even though there were fewer tests conducted during the Eid holidays, said Dr Nazmul Islam, spokesperson of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), at a virtual briefing today.

Ten people died of Covid-19 in Sylhet division in 24 hours (till 8am today).

Public and vehicular movement has increased on Dhaka streets today -- first weekday after the Eid-ul-Azha holidays.

Ten people diagnosed with Covid-19 and four others with symptoms died at the Covid unit of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in 24 hours till 8am today.

Seven people died of Covid-19 and seven with Covid-like symptoms at the Covid-19 units of three Bogura hospitals in 24 hours (till 8 am) today.

Eleven people died of Covid-19 in Chattogram district in 24 hours, till 8am today.

Eleven patients died while undergoing treatment at the Covid units of three Khulna hospitals in 24 hours till 8am today.

Fifteen people died of Covid-19 and four with symptoms in Kushtia in 24 hours, till 8am today.

Turkey's new coronavirus cases jumped to 12,381 on Saturday, the highest level since mid-May and nearly triple the low that was hit in early July, according to health ministry data, which also showed 58 people died due to COVID-19.