Covid: 86 new cases, no death in 24 hrs
A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside a regional science centre, as the city and surrounding areas face local restrictions in an effort to avoid a local lockdown being forced upon the region, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Oldham, Britain August 3, 2020. Photo: Reuters/File
Bangladesh reported 86 more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till this morning.
With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,042,940, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
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The daily case test positivity increased to 6.96 percent from yesterday's 3.8 percent as 1,236 samples were tested.
The recovery rate stood at 98.37 percent. However, the death rate remained unchanged at 1.44 percent.
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.
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