Bangladesh reports 7,075 virus cases with 52 dead in a day

Bangladesh has logged 7,075 new cases of the coronavirus in a day, taking the tally to 644,439.

The death toll climbed to 9,318 after 52 fatalities were registered in the 24 hours to 8 am Monday, according to data released by the government.

Another 2,932 people recovered from COVID-19 through treatment at home and in hospital care in the same period, bringing the tally of recoveries to 555,414.

As many as 30,239 samples were tested across the country in the last 24 hours, yielding a positivity rate of 23.4 percent.

The latest official figures put the recovery rate at 86.19 percent, while the mortality rate stands at 1.45 percent.

Globally, over 131.34 million people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 2.85 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.