Covid-19: Bangladesh reports 2 more deaths, 456 cases

Online Desk :

Bangladesh reported two more deaths from Covid-19 and 456 fresh cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning.

The country’s total fatalities rose to 29,388 with the new deaths. The new cases raised the country’s total caseload to 2,031,006, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity rate rose to 9.57 per cent from Tuesday’s 8.86 per as 4,763 samples were tested.

The latest deceased were women from Dhaka and Chattogram divisions.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and the recovery rate at 97.08 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.