Bangladesh reports 68 more Covid cases

Bangladesh reported 68 more Covid-19 cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning.

With the new numbers, the country's total caseload rose to 2,038,809, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,446 as no new fatalities were reported.

The daily infection rate increased to 5.25% from Tuesday's 4.23% as 1,294 samples were tested.

The recovery and death rates remained unchanged at 98.4% and 1.44%, respectively.

Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 in 2021 and the highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.