Covid-19 numbers keep rising: 103 more cases reported

Bangladesh reported 103 more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning.

With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 20, 40, 014, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,451 as no new fatalities were reported.

The daily case test positivity increased to 8.21 per cent from Tuesday’s 6.43 percent as 1, 255 samples were tested.

The recovery rate stands at 98.34 per cent. However, the death rate remained unchanged at 1.44 per cent.

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