657 more infected with Covid

Bangladesh recorded another death from Covid-19 and 657 fresh cases in 24 hours till yesterday morning.

With this, the number of total fatalities in the country rose to 29,372.

A woman in Mymensingh died yesterday.

The new cases brought the country's total caseload to 2,027,565, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity rate was 13.8 percent.

The mortality rate and recovery rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and 97.02 percent, respectively.

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 highest fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.