Covid positivity rate rises to 15.38pc

Bangladesh reported another death from Covid-19 with 620 more cases in 24 hours until Friday morning, reports UNB.

With the new numbers, country's total fatalities rose to 29,347 while the total caseload to 2,020,768, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity rate rises to 15.38 per cent from Thursday's 14.13 per cent as 4,031 samples were tested.

The latest deceased was a man from Sylhet division.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 per cent while the recovery rate declined to 97.10 per cent.