Bangladesh reported two more Covid-linked death and 363 new cases in 24 hours till Friday morning, report UNB.
With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,339 and caseload to 2,016,946, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case test positivity rate rose to 10.87 from Thursday's 8.91 percent as 3,340 samples were tested.
The latest deceased were a man and a woman from the Dhaka division.
The mortality rate and the recovery rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and 97.18 percent, respectively. In August, the country reported 32 Covid-linked deaths and 6,689 cases.
Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.
The overall number of global Covid cases is now approaching 616 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 615,980,393 while the death toll reached 6,525,394 on Friday morning.
The US has recorded 97,430,411cases so far and 1,078,018 people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around the world.
India recorded 3,226 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,519,705, showed the federal health ministry data released on Thursday.
With the reporting of fresh cases, India's active caseload currently stands at 49,615. The country also logged 34 more Covid- related deaths in 24 hours, taking the total toll to 528,250 since the beginning of the pandemic, the health ministry said.
