Covid: 1 death, 36 cases in 24hrs

Bangladesh reported one more Covid-19 death and 36 fresh cases in 24 hours till this morning.

With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,464 and caseload to 2,043,485, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity declined to 4.99 percent from yesterday's 5.04 percent as 722 samples were tested during this period.

However, the death and recovery rates remained unchanged at 1.44 percent and 98.38 percent, respectively.

Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 in 2021 and highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.