Bangladesh logs 1,367 new virus cases, another 30 die

Bangladesh has recorded 1,367 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a daily count, taking the tally of infections so far to 504,868.

The death toll climbed to 7,359 after 30 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Wednesday, according to data released by the government.

The number of fresh recoveries outpaced active cases in the same period as another 2,416 patients recovered from the illness through treatment at home and in hospital care, bringing the total to 444,345.

As many as 15,932 samples were tested at 161 authorised labs across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 8.58 percent.

The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 88.01 percent while the mortality rate stands at 1.46 percent.

Globally, over 78.04 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 1.71 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.