The death toll jumped to 4,479 after 32 new fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Sunday, according to data released by the health directorate. The number of daily recoveries outpaced new infections as another 1,661 patients overcame the disease through treatment at home and in hospital care in the same period. A total of 11,354 samples were tested at 93 authorised labs across the country in the last 24 hours, with a positivity rate of 14.02 percent. Globally, over 26.9 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 879,914 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 September 06, 2020 09:56 UTC