The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,560,155 as 703 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Wednesday, according to the latest government data. Dhaka registered the most daily new cases among the eight divisions, logging 518 infections. As many as 24,376 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 2.88 percent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.50 percent and the mortality rate at 1.77 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 October 06, 2021 11:15 UTC