Covid: Bangladesh reports another death, 409 cases

Bangladesh reported another death from Covid-19 and 409 fresh cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning.

The country's total fatalities stand at 29,381, while the new cases raised the country's total caseload to 2,029, 723, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The latest deceased was a man from Dhaka division

The daily case test positivity rate dropped to 9.94% from Saturday’s 13.60% as 4,114 samples were tested.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45% and the recovery rate rose slightly to 97. 06%.

In September, the country reported 40 Covid-19 linked deaths and 13,251 cases.

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