Daily cases increasing slowly with death remaining zero

Bangladesh registered 64 new Covid cases in 24 hours till Friday morning taking the country's total caseload to 1,953,935, reports UNB.

The country's total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,131 as no death was reported during the period, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily test positivity rate increased to 1.35 per cent from Thursday's 1.15 per cent as 4,685 samples were tested.

The country on Thursday saw 59 cases with zero death.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49 per cent. The recovery rate remained static at 97.50 per cent as 145 patients recovered during this period.

In May, the country reported only four Covid-linked deaths and 816 new cases, while 7,356 patients recovered from the disease, according to the DGHS.

Globally the overall number of Covid cases is now approaching 539 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.

According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 538,715,936 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,328,141 on Friday morning. The US has recorded 87,114,740 cases so far and 1,035,320 people have died from the virus in the country, the data shows.