BD reports one more Covid death, 259 new cases

One more person died of Covid and 259 others tested positive for the virus in Bangladesh in the 24 hours until Monday morning, reports UNB.
While the country's total fatalities reached 29,314, the new number took its caseload to 2,009,129, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily Covid test positivity rate dropped to 4.09 per cent from Sunday's 4.32 per cent as 6, 336 samples were tested.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 per cent and the recovery rate at 97.14 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.