Covid claims six more lives, infects 211 others in 24hrsThe novel coronavirus claimed six more lives in Bangladesh in a day, taking the total toll to 27,868. As many as 17,226 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 1.22 per cent. The latest figures put the recovery rate at 97.7 per cent and the mortality rate at 1.78 per cent. Globally, over 246.48 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 4.99 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 October 31, 2021 12:19 UTC