Bangladesh reported 527more Covid cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning, reports UNB.
With no new deaths reported country's total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,339 while with the new infections, the total caseload rose to 2,017,614, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case test positivity rate jumped to 12.72 per cent from Saturday's 9.66 per cent from as 4,143 samples were tested.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent while the recovery rate declined to 97.17 per cent.
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.
Meanwhile, the National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19 has placed five recommendations to contain Covid-19 in Bangladesh.
The committee issued the recommendations following its 59th meeting held on Saturday.
The committee recommended the government to take initiatives to reduce the cost of Covid-19 tests at the private level, according to a press release.
It also urged people to follow hygiene rules, including ensuring wearing of masks and hand washing or use of sanitizers in all places, including social gatherings and meetings.
It has suggested all to avoid holding meetings in confined spaces and to conduct office meetings virtually as much as possible.
Besides, those who are not vaccinated with three doses against Covid-19 were urged to take the jab as soon as possible.
Another report adds: The overall number of global Covid cases is gradually approaching 617 million.
According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 616,892,725 while the death toll reached 6,530,128 on Sunday morning.
The US has recorded 97,495,561cases so far and 1,078,656 people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around the world.
India's daily COVID-19 caseload Saturday decreased to 5,747, officials said.
According to federal health ministry data released on Saturday morning, 5,747 new cases of COVID-19 were reported during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,528,524 in the country.
The country also logged 29 related deaths during the past 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll to 528,302 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.
The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest reported in the pandemic since March 2020, marking what could be a turning point in the years-long global outbreak.
At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world has never been in a better position to stop COVID-19.
In its weekly report on the pandemic, the UN health agency said deaths fell by 22% in the past week, at just over 11,000 reported worldwide. There were 3.1 million new cases, a drop of 28%, continuing a weeks-long decline in the disease in every part of the world.
