Bangladesh sees one more Covid-19 death, 9 cases

Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death and nine cases in the 24 hours till Monday morning.

With the new numbers, the country's total fatalities rose to 29,445 and caseload to 2,037,688, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The daily case test positivity rate increased to 0.45% from Sunday's 0.28% as the 2,022 samples were tested.

The recovery and death rates increased to 98.03% and at 1.45%, respectively.

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