Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death and 102 cases in the 24 hours to Friday morning.
With the new numbers, the country’s total fatalities rose to 29,418 and caseload to 2,034,968, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case test positivity rate fell to 3.42 percent from Thursday’s 3.60 percent as 2,986 samples were tested.
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The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent. The recovery rate rose to 97.29 percent from Thursday’s 97.27 percent.
In September, the country reported 40 Covid-linked deaths and 13,251 cases.
Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and its highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.
Source: United News of Bangladesh