Bangladesh reports 12 COVID cases in a day with no deaths

Bangladesh has recorded 12 new cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 2,045,132.

The death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,476 over the 24-hour period, according to the latest government data released on Friday.

As many as 600 samples were tested across the country, for a positivity rate of 2 percent.

Dhaka logged the most cases among the eight divisions with 11.

Another 75 people recovered from the illness nationwide, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2,012,418.

The latest figures put the recovery rate at 98.40 percent and the mortality rate at 1.44 percent.

Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019.