Bangladesh has registered three deaths from COVID-19 in a daily count, taking the toll to 27,986. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,576,827 after 261 people tested positive for the disease until 8 am on Thursday, according to the latest government data, reports bdnews24.com. As many as 21,057 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.24 per cent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.77 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.77 per cent. 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 02, 2021 11:09 UTC