Covid positivity rate increases to 7.7pc

Bangladesh recorded 387 cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,005,993, report agencies.

The death toll from the disease climbed by three in 24 hours to 29,295, according to the latest government data released on Tuesday. As many as 5,015 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 7.72 per cent.

Among the eight divisions, Dhaka logged the highest number of cases, with 243 infections.

Another 693 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,944,114.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 96.92 percent and the mortality rate at 1.46 per cent.

Globally the overall number of Covid cases is gradually nearing 583 million amid a rise in new infections in some parts of the world.

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 582,905,496 and the death toll reached 6,421,737 on Tuesday morning.