Bangladesh reported one more Covid-19-linked death and 36 fresh cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning.
With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,464 and caseload to 2,043,485, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case test positivity declined to 4.99 per cent from Friday’s 5.04 per cent as 722 samples were tested during this period.
However, the death and recovery rates remained unchanged at 1.44 per cent and 98.38 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.
