Bangladesh has registered three new deaths from COVID-19 in a day, taking the total toll to 27,980. The COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,576,011 as 227 people tested positive for the disease in the 24 hours to 8 am on Monday, according to the latest government data. As many as 16,891 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.34 per cent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.75 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.78 per cent. 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 November 29, 2021 11:26 UTC