Meanwhile, the country has logged over 162,000 Covid-19 cases with 2,738 people having tested positive over the same period. She added that the mortality rate was 1.26% against total cases detected so far. It reached an all-time high on June 18, with 23.39% of the total number of samples tested in a day coming back positive. On June 10, Covid-19 deaths in Bangladesh crossed the 1,000 mark, and on June 18, the number of total cases crossed the 100,000 mark. On June 30, the country recorded 64 deaths, which is the highest in a 24-hour span till now.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 05, 2020 08:37 UTC