The death toll climbed to 8,023 after 20 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Sunday, according to data released by the government. The number of new recoveries outpaced active cases in the same period with another 487 patients recovering from the illness through treatment at home and in hospital care. As many as 14,169 samples were tested at 200 authorised labs across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 3.34 percent. The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 89.59 percent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.51 percent. 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 January 24, 2021 09:56 UTC