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Bangladesh reports another Covid death, 140 more cases

GreenWatch Desk Disease 2022-11-03, 6:07pm




Bangladesh reported another Covid-linked death and  140 more cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning.

With this, the total fatalities in the country rose to 29,425 while the caseload rose to 2,035,657, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity rate dropped to 3.10 per cent from Wednesday’s 4.81 per cent as 4,511 samples were tested during the period.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 per cent and the recovery rate rose to 97.35 per cent.

In September, the country reported 40 Covid-linked deaths and 13,251 cases.

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