Two more die of Covid -

Two more people died of Covid-19 and 89 fresh cases were recorded in the last 24 hours until Friday morning, reports UNB.

This is the first Covid deaths in 66 days.

With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,448 and caseload to 2,039,506, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity rate dropped to 5.87 per cent from Thursday's 5.99 per cent as 1,515 samples were tested.

Among the latest deceased, one was a man and another was a woman and both were from the Dhaka division.

The recovery rate stands at 98.37 percent. However, the death rate remains unchanged at 1.44 percent.

Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 in 2021 and highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.