Shawdesh Desk:

Bangladesh reported four more deaths and 122 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till 8am Saturday.

With the latest additions, the death toll reached 28,047 and the case tally increased to 15,80,872 in the country.

Meanwhile, the health officials recorded an 0.87% positivity rate after testing 13,971 samples across the country. The positivity rate dropped below 1% for the first time since March 30 last year. Also, 144 patients were declared free of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, with a 97.76% recovery rate.

Bangladesh reported two deaths and 191 cases in the previous day.