Bangladesh has registered 1,320 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 407,684, reports bdnews24.com. The death toll climbed to 5,923 after 18 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Saturday, according to government data. The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 79.51 percent while the mortality rate stands at 1.45 percent. Globally, over 45.62 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 1.18 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 October 31, 2020 10:41 UTC