Shawdesh Desk:

Bangladesh recorded five new deaths and 177 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till 8am Saturday.

The current positivity rate was reported at 1.13% after 15,632 samples were tested across the country.

With the latest additions, the death toll reached 28,022 and the case tally increased to 15,78,996 in the country.

Also, 122 patients were declared free of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, with a 97.77% recovery rate.

Bangladesh reported one death and 269 cases on Friday.