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Bangladesh: Epidemiological Highlights Week 21 (15-21 May 2022)

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Highlights: COVID-19

As of week 21, (23-29 May) 2022 there were 5,926 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), out of 102,049 samples that had been submitted for testing. The total positivity rate now stands at 5.8% In the reporting week, again one (1) new confirmed case was detected out of 681 total samples tested. This translated to a 0.1% Test positivity Rate (TPR) which is slightly lower in comparison with the previous week.

As of this week (week 21)

• Median age of tested and confirmed cases were 11 (0-120) and 20 (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; C17-408, C24-389, C2W-369, C4-366, 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 1.2 cases/1 million population in this Epi week which is the same as the previous weeks.