Bangladesh reported two more Covid-linked deaths with 679 new cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning.
With the new numbers, country's total fatalities rose to 29,362 while the total caseload to 2,024,489, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The daily case test positivity rate dropped to 13.53% from Wednesday’s 14.07% as 5,017 samples were tested.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45% while the recovery rate declined to 97.04% respectively.
In August, the country reported 32 Covid-linked deaths and 6,689 cases.
Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.
