The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,570,485 as 247 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Thursday, according to the latest government data. Dhaka recorded the most new deaths and cases among the eight divisions, logging three fatalities and 198 infections. As many as 18,690 samples were tested across the country, which yielded a positivity rate of 1.32 percent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.7 percent and the mortality rate at 1.78 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 November 05, 2021 00:03 UTC