Another 1,329 people tested positive for COVID-19 until 8 am Saturday, taking the tally of infections so far to 489,178, the government said in a statement. As many as 12,630 samples were tested at 140 authorised labs in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 10.52 percent, according to data released by the health directorate. The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 85.35 percent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.44 percent. Globally, over 71.14 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 1.59 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 December 12, 2020 09:33 UTC