Shawdesh Desk:

The country reported another Covid-linked death and 258 cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

With the new numbers, the country’s total fatalities rose to 29,320 while the caseload to 2,010,748, it added.

The daily case test positivity rate rose to 4.38 per cent from Wednesday’s 3.89 per as 5,894 samples were tested.

The deceased was a woman from Chattogram division.

The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent. The recovery rate remained static at 97.22 percent.

In July, the country reported 142 Covid-linked 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 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year.