Bangladesh logs 1,908 new virus cases, deaths jump by 36
News Desk, bdnews24.com
Published: 28 Nov 2020 03:33 PM BdST Updated: 28 Nov 2020 03:33 PM BdST
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Face masks are being sold at prices ranging from Tk 220 to Tk 400 per hundred pieces according to their quality on Tuesday, Nov 24, 2020. These were being sold at half their prices even a few days ago. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Bangladesh has recorded 1,908 new cases of the coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 460,619.
The death toll surged to 6,580 after 36 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Saturday, the government said in a statement.
The number of new recoveries outpaced active cases in the same period as another 2,209 patients recovered from the disease at home and in hospital care, bringing the total to 375,885.
As many as 14,012 samples were tested at 118 authorised labs in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 13.62 percent, according to data released by the health directorate.
The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 81.60 percent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.43 percent.
Globally, over 61.70 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 1.44 million have died, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.
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