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Covid: 10 more die, 243 test positive
Covid-19 took en more lives and infected another 243 people in Bangladesh in 24 hours till Thursday morning.
Dhaka, October 21 : Covid-19 in Bangladesh claimed ten more lives and infected another 243 people in 24 hours till Thursday morning.
The daily-case positivity rate decreased further to 1.51 per cent from Wednesday’s 1.81 per cent.
With the fresh numbers, the Covid fatalities reached 27,801 while the caseload climbed to 1,566,907 in Bangladesh, according to the Directorate General of the Health services (DGHS).
Of the latest deaths, four were men and six were women.
The new cases were detected after testing 16,088 samples during the 24-hour period.
However, the mortality rate remained static at 1.77 per cent compared to the same period.
Besides, the recovery rate rose slightly to 97.65 per cent, with 534 more patients getting cured, reports UNB.