Bangladesh has logged 363 new cases of the coronavirus, the lowest daily count in over nine months, to take the tally of infections so far to 534,770.
The death toll climbed to 8,111 after 17 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Saturday, according to data released by the government.
Another 337 patients recovered from the illness through treatment at home and in hospital care, bringing the tally of recoveries to 479,297.
As many as 12,084 samples were tested at 204 authorised labs across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 3 percent.
The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 89.63 percent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.52 percent.
Source: bdnews24.com
