Bangladesh has registered 29 new fatalities from the coronavirus infection, the lowest daily count since August 7, raising the death toll to 4,412. The caseload jumped to 321,615 after 1,929 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8 am Friday, according to data released by the health directorate, reports bdnews24.com. A total of 13,073 samples were tested at 93 authorised labs across the country in the last 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 14.76 per cent. The official figures put the recovery rate at 67.22 per cent while the mortality rate stands at 1.37 per cent after the latest deaths of 22 men and seven women. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.

Source: bd News24 September 04, 2020 10:34 UTC