Bangladesh recorded three more Covid-linked deaths with 375 fresh cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, reports UNB.
With the latest numbers, the total fatalities reached 29,298 while the caseload 2,006,368, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case positivity rate dropped to 6.53 per cent from Tuesday's 7.72 percent as 5,785 samples were tested.
All the deceased were men and they were from Dhaka division.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent. The recovery rate rose to 96.95 per cent from Tuesday's 96.92 per cent.
In July, Bangladesh reported 142 Covid-linked deaths and 31,422 cases, the highest death toll and cases in the last five months since March this year, as per DGHS.
Among the deceased, 57 were unvaccinated while seven received the first dose, 52 the second dose and 26 the third dose, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Besides, 34,901 patients recovered from the disease during this period.
Bangladesh reported its first zero Covid death on November 20 last year since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.
The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year.
Globally the overall number of Covid cases has now surged past 584 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 584,040,671 and the death toll reached 6,423,422 on Wednesday morning.
The US has recorded 93,319,702 cases so far and 1,055,975 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.
India reported 13,734 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,060,649 in the country, according to federal health ministry data released on Tuesday.
The country also logged 34 related deaths during the past 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll to 526,430.
The daily positivity rate stands at 3.34 percent and the weekly positivity rate was 4.79 percent.
The Chinese mainland Tuesday reported 38 locally transmitted confirmed Covid cases, including 12 in Hainan and 10 in Gansu, according to the National Health Commission's report Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Singapore reported 10,230 new cases of Covid on Tuesday, bringing the total tally to 1,728,995.
Four more deaths were reported from Covid on Tuesday, bringing the total death toll to 1,524, the country's health ministry said.
