UNB, Dhaka: Passing through a catastrophic phase of Covid-19 pandemic, Bangladesh reported 185 more coronavirus-related deaths and 8,772 new cases in 24 hours till Saturday morning.
The new numbers pushed the country’s death tally to 16,189 while the caseload to 10,09,315, according to a handout issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Bangladesh already crossed the 1-million mark of Covid cases on Thursday.
The new infections were detected after testing 27,884 samples during the period. This takes the daily case positivity rate to 31.46% from Friday’s 31.62, said the DGHS.
So far, 868,139 people have recovered from the disease, putting the recovery rate at 86.01% a declining indicator unlike others.