Bangladesh logs 4 more deaths, 178 cases in 24hrs

Bangladesh reported four new coronavirus-related death and 178 infections in a 24-hour period till 8:00am on Sunday.

During this period, the positivity rate dropped to 1.17 from Saturday’s 1.18 per cent.

With this, the daily-case positivity rate in the country remained below 2 per cent for the 19th consecutive day.

In Bangladesh, the daily-case positivity rate reached its peak 32.55 per cent on July 24 this year.

The overall caseload now stands at 15,71,013, and the total fatalities at 27,895 according to the press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Health authorities reported the latest figures after testing 15,234 samples at 834 laboratories across the country.

Bangladesh has so far tested 1,04,73,600 samples. Meanwhile, 190 patients recovered from the deadly infection in the last 24-hours, raising the overall recovery to 15,34,825.