Bangladesh recorded 241 more deaths from Covid-19 in the 24 hours until 8:00am on Wednesday bringing the tally to 21,638, according to a release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services.
During the same period, 13,817 people tested positive for the virus, taking the total caseload to 13,09,910.
The daily positivity rate fell to 27.91 per cent from Tuesday’s 28.58 per cent while the recovery rate rose to 87.12 per cent, said the DGHS.
