BD reports another Covid death, 258 cases in 24 hrs

The country reported another Covid-linked death and 258 cases in 24 hours until Thursday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), reports UNB.
With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,320 while the caseload to 2,010,748, it added.
The daily case test positivity rate rose to 4.38 per cent from Wednesday's 3.89 per as 5,894 samples were tested.
The deceased was a woman from Chattogram division.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 per cent. The recovery rate remained static at 97.22 per cent.
In July, the country reported 142 Covid-linked deaths and 31,422 cases, the highest monthly death toll and caseload since March this year.