The death toll surged to 6,448 after 32 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Tuesday, the government said in a statement. As many as 15,018 samples were tested at 117 authorised labs in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 14.85 percent, according to data released by the health directorate. The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 81.17 percent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.43 percent. Globally, over 59.21 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 1.39 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. 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 November 24, 2020 09:45 UTC