Covid-19: 14 more lives lost, 481 fresh cases in Bangladesh

Covid-19 in Bangladesh claimed 14 more lives and infected another 481 in 24 hours till Sunday morning.

Dhaka, Oct 10 : Covid-19 in Bangladesh claimed 14 more lives and infected another 481 in 24 hours till Sunday morning. 

With the fresh numbers, the Covid-19 fatalities reached 27,688 in Bangladesh while the caseload mounted to 1,562,359, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The fresh cases were detected after testing 20,355 samples.

With this, the daily-case positivity rate declined slightly to 2.36 percent from Friday’s 2.45 percent, said the DGHS.

Bangladesh recorded below 3% daily-positivity rate last on February this year. 

However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 percent.

The recovery rate slightly rose to 97.53 percent with the recovery of 699 more patients during this time.

So far, 1,523,833 people have recovered from the deadly virus infections, the DGHS added, reports UNB.