Covid: One more dies, 82 cases in 24hrs

Bangladesh reported one more COVID-19-linked death and 82 fresh cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning.

With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,459 and caseload to 2,042,131, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity slightly declined to 7.17 per cent from Friday’s 7.18 per cent as 1,144 samples were tested.

However, the death and recovery rates remained unchanged at 1.44 per cent and 98.33 per cent, respectively, DGHS said.

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