The health authorities have reported 28 Covid-19 cases with no deaths in the 24 hours till Saturday morning, taking the total caseload to 1,952,023.
The daily test positivity rate slightly decreased to 0.62% from Friday’s 0.77% after testing 6,230 samples, according to figures by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The fatalities remained static at 29,123 as no deaths were reported during the period.
The recovery rate slightly rose to 96.72% from Thursday’s 96.69% with the recovery of 610 patients.
On Friday, 48 new cases were reported with zero deaths.
The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.49%.
In March, the country reported 85 Covid-linked deaths and 8,000 new cases while 66,639 patients recovered from the disease, according to DGHS.
Bangladesh reported its first zero Covid-related death in a single day on November 20 last year along with 178 infections since the pandemic broke out in Bangladesh in March 2020.
On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest daily positivity rate at 33.37% reporting 15,440 cases and 20 deaths.
Besides, the country registered the highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year, while the highest number of daily fatalities was 264 on August 10 last year.
Globally, more than 496 million people have been infected with the coronavirus while the fatalities stood at a little over 6.17 million as of Friday, according to a tally by the Johns Hopkins University.
