The death toll surged to 6,748 after 35 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Thursday, the government said in a statement. As many as 16,807 samples were tested at 118 authorised labs in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 13.78 percent, according to data released by the health directorate. The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 82.33 percent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.43 percent. Globally, over 64.56 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 1.49 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 December 03, 2020 09:44 UTC