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Bangladesh reported 61 new coronavirus-related deaths, lowest in 80 days, in a 24-hour period till 8:00am on Saturday.
During this period, the positivity rate dropped below 10 per cent to 9.82 per cent after 93 days since June 3, when it was 9.94 per cent, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said in a press release.
The authority tested 17,750 samples at 796 laboratories across the country in the past 24 hours and logged 1,743 coronavirus positive cases, which is also the lowest number of single-day infections in 84 days.
The overall caseload now stands at 15,12,026 and the total fatalities at 26,493.
Among the fresh fatalities, 30 were males and 31 were females.
Dhaka division logged the highest deaths with 32 fatalities, followed by 13 in Chattogram, 6 in Khulna, 4 in Rajshahi, 2 each in Barishal and Rangpur, and 1 each in Sylhet and Mymensingh.
Earlier, 60 fatalities were recorded on June 16. On June 12, the DGHS logged 1,637 new positive cases, which was the last recorded daily case count below 2,000 until Saturday.
Bangladesh reported its first cases on March 8, 2020.
