Shawdesh Desk:

Bangladesh has reported one more Covid death and 214 new cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

With the new numbers, the country’s total fatalities rose to 29,323 while the caseload to 2,011,946, it added.

The daily case test positivity rate rose to 5.20 per cent from Tuesday’s 4.08 per cent as 4,115 samples were tested.

The latest deceased was a man from Khulna division.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent. The recovery rate remained static at 97.24 percent as 282 patients recovered during this period.

In July, the country reported 142 Covid deaths and 31,422 cases, the highest monthly death toll and caseload since March this year.

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