Covid-19 : New cases reported near 2,000; 30 more die

People using masks to safe them from corona virus in the city.

Dhaka, June 7 :  Amid the rising infections in frontier districts, Bangladesh reported 1,970 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours until Monday morning.
The deadly virus also claimed 30 more lives during the period, pushing up the death toll to 12,869.
The positivity rate increased to 11.47% from Sunday's 10.73 % while the mortality rate remained static at 1.58 %, a handout of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
The new cases were detected after testing 17,169 samples.  
The total number of coronavirus cases climbed to 8,12,960 with the fresh cases, reports UNB.